Species: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. reconditus
Obscure Buttercup
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
A compact perennial buttercup 2 to 7 in (5 to 20 cm) tall with finely dissected leaves and 1 or several bright yellow flowers on a 3 to 6 in (8 to 15 cm) stem. Nectary scale is unfringed usually.
Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ranunculus
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
obscure buttercup
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Buttercup Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae - Ranunculus - Distinct taxon if not distinct species in a genus with about 50 species in the Pacific Northwest alone. Treated by Kartesz (1999) as the species Ranunculus triternatus; has also been called Ranunculus glaberrimus var. reconditus (as in Kartesz, 1994), and R. reconditus (USFWS, 1996).
Ecology and Life History
A compact perennial buttercup 2 to 7 in (5 to 20 cm) tall with finely dissected leaves and 1 or several bright yellow flowers on a 3 to 6 in (8 to 15 cm) stem. Nectary scale is unfringed usually.
Short General Description
Perennial herb, dicot.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5T2
Global Status Last Reviewed
1997-09-26
Global Status Last Changed
1994-09-23
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Restricted to an area of about 25 sq. miles in Washington (Columbia Hills) and a somewhat smaller area in Oregon (Mill Creek drainage). Also documented from Idaho and Nevada.