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Annual, perennial herb, woody vine [ shrub], occasionally aquatic.
Leaf: generally basal and cauline, alternate or opposite, simple or compound; petioles at base generally flat, occasionally sheathing or stipule-like.
Inflorescence: cyme, raceme, panicle, or flowers 1.
Flower: generally bisexual, generally radial; sepals 3–6(20), free, early- deciduous or withering in fruit, generally green; petals 0–many, generally free; stamens generally 5–many, staminodes generally 0; pistils 1–many, ovary superior, chamber 1, style 0–1, generally ± persistent as beak, ovules 1–many.
Fruit: achene, follicle, berry, ± utricle in Trautvetteria, in aggregate or not, 1–many-seeded.
± 60 genera, 1700 species: worldwide, especially n temperate, tropical mountains; many ornamental (Adonis, Aquilegia, Clematis, Consolida, Delphinium, Helleborus, Nigella). some highly TOXIC (Aconitum, Actaea, Delphinium, Ranunculus). [Whittemore & Parfitt 1997 FNANM 3:85–271] Taxa of Isopyrum in TJM (1993) moved to Enemion; Kumlienia moved to Ranunculus. —Scientific Editors: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.

Key to Ranunculaceae

Annual, perennial herb, occasionally from stolons or caudices, terrestrial or aquatic; roots generally fibrous.
Stem: prostrate to erect.
Leaf: basal, cauline, or both, alternate, generally reduced upward; petiole base flat, stipule-like or not; basal, proximal cauline petioles generally long; blades simple to dissected or compound, entire to toothed.
Inflorescence: cyme, axillary or terminal, 1–few-flowered.
Flower: sepals 3–5(6), generally early- deciduous, generally green to yellow or purple; petals 5–17, shiny, generally yellow, occasionally white or purple, nectaries near base, pocket-like or with flap-like scale; anthers yellow; pistils generally many.
Fruit: achene, compressed or not, ± spheric, disk-like (width 3–15 × depth), or lenticular (width 1–2 × depth), beaked.
± 300 species: worldwide except lowland tropics; some ornamental. (Latin: small frog, from wet habitats)
Unabridged etymology: (Latin: diminutive of Rana, frog, from wet habitats)

Annual, biennial (5)15–50 cm, decumbent or erect, not bulbous-based; roots basal, not tuberous.
Leaf: basal, proximal cauline simple, 2–5 cm, 3–6.5 cm wide, widely cordate to reniform or semicircular, entire or 3-lobed and coarsely crenate, base rounded to cordate, tip rounded.
Flower: receptacle bristly; sepals 5, reflexed, 4–7 mm, 2–3 mm wide, early- deciduous; petals 5, 4–8 mm, 2–4.5 mm.
Fruit: body 5–5.5 mm, 13–16 mm wide, disk-like, wall coarsely papillate, each papilla tipped with hooked bristle, beak 2–2.5 mm, curved, lanceolate.
Stream-banks, drainages, low meadows; < 700 m. Great Central Valley, Sierra Nevada Foothills, San Francisco Bay Area, South Coast;

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Chart based on elevation range in Manual and elevations and coordinates of CCH records. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. Note: About half of the CCH records include both elevation and coordinates.	Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. View all CCH records   CCH collections by month Duplicates counted once; synonyms included. Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa. Blue line denotes Manual flowering time.