View source for Ranunculus gelidus

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|accepted_name=Ranunculus gelidus
|accepted_authority=Karelin & Kirilov
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou
|place=15: 133. 1842
|year=1842
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ranunculus gelidus subsp. grayi
|authority=(Britton) Hultén
|rank=subspecies
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ranunculus grayi
|authority=B. L. Robinson ex Piper
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ranunculus verecundus
|authority=
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus;Ranunculus sect. Epirotes;Ranunculus gelidus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ranunculaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ranunculus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Ranunculus sect. Epirotes]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ranunculus gelidus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect or decumbent from short caudices, 3-22 cm, glabrous, each with 1-5 flowers. <b>Roots</b> slender, 0.5-1 mm thick. <b>Basal</b> leaves persistent, blades cordate or reniform, 3-parted, 0.5-1.8 × 0.8-3 cm, segments again lobed, base truncate or nearly cordate, apices of segments rounded. <b>Flowers</b>: pedicels pubescent or glabrous; receptacle glabrous or pubescent; sepals 3-5 × 1-4 mm, pubescent or glabrous; petals 5, 3-6 × 1-5 mm; nectary scale glabrous. <b>Heads</b> of achenes cylindric to ovoid-cylindric, 4-13 × 4-6 mm; achenes 1.2-2.4 × 0.8-2 mm, glabrous; beak subulate, curved or hooked, 0.4-0.8 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Aug).
|habitat=Open arctic and alpine slopes
|elevation=0-4000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.W.T.;Yukon;Alaska;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;Asia.
|discussion=<p>Plants with small achenes are often separated as <i>Ranunculus</i> verecundus. Achene size varies continuously over the range given, however, and it is not correlated with the minor shape difference mentioned by L. D. Benson (1948).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ranunculus gelidus
|authority=Karelin & Kirilov
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Ranunculus gelidus subsp. grayi;Ranunculus grayi;Ranunculus verecundus
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Aug).
|habitat=Open arctic and alpine slopes
|elevation=0-4000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.W.T.;Yukon;Alaska;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou
|publication year=1842
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_1100.xml
|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus
|section=Ranunculus sect. Epirotes
|species=Ranunculus gelidus
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