Ranunculus jovis

Taxobox
name = "Ranunculus jovis"

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image_width = 260px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ranunculales
familia = Ranunculaceae
genus = "Ranunculus"
species = "R. jovis"
binomial = "Ranunculus jovis"
binomial_authority = A.Nels.

"Ranunculus jovis" is a species of buttercup known by the common name Utah buttercup. It is native to the mountain west of the United States, from Nevada to Wyoming. It is a petite plant, growing a few centimeters tall on hairless stems with a few deeply divided fingerlike leaves at the base. It produces yellow flowers with five rounded petals, yellow stamens around a central nectary.

External links

* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RAJO USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233501168 Flora of North America]