- Ranunculus glaberrimus
Taxobox
name = "Ranunculus glaberrimus"
status = secure
image_caption = Sagebrush Buttercup flower
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo =Ranunculales
familia =Ranunculaceae
genus = "Ranunculus "
species = "R. glaberrimus"
binomial = "Ranunculus glaberrimus"
binomial_authority =Hook. "Ranunculus glaberrimus" (Sagebrush Buttercup) is a small plant native to interior western
North America , from centralBritish Columbia east to southernSaskatchewan , southwest to northeasternCalifornia , and southeast to northernNew Mexico . It prefers habitat near junipers ("Juniperus occidentalis ") and sagebrush ("Artemisia tridentata ") in damp ground.Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?453080 "Ranunculus glaberrimus"] ] Plants of British Columbia: [http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Ranunculus+glaberrimus "Ranunculus glaberrimus"] ] Jepson Flora: [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Ranunculus+glaberrimus "Ranunculus glaberrimus"] ]It is a
herbaceous perennial plant growing to 5–26 cm tall. The leaves are oval, sometimes with rounded teeth at the end. Theflower s are bright glossy yellow, usually with five petals but sometimes ten or more, the petals 6–15 mm long and 4–8 mm broad. It is among the first flowers to bloom after the snow has melted.Like many members of the buttercup family to which is belongs, it is somewhat
poison ous.References
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