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Annual, perennial herb, sometimes aquatic
Leaves generally basal and cauline, generally alternate, simple or compound; petioles at base generally flat, sometimes sheathing or stipule-like
Inflorescence: cyme, raceme, panicle, or flowers solitary
Flower generally bisexual, radial; sepals generally 5, free, early deciduous or withering in fruit, generally green; petals 0many, free; stamens generally 10many; pistils 1many, ovary superior, chamber 1, style 1, generally ± persistent in fruit as beak, ovules 1many
Fruit: achene, follicle, berry, or utricle-like, 1many-seeded
Genera in family: ± 60 genera, 1700 species: worldwide, especially n temp, tropical mtns; many ornamental (Adonis, Aquilegia, Clematis, Consolida, Delphinium, Erianthis, Helleborus ),some highly TOXIC (Aconitum, Actaea, Delphinium, Ranunculus )
Reference: [Duncan & Keener 1991 Phytologia 70:2427]
Annual, perennial herb, sometimes from stolons or caudices, terrestrial or aquatic; roots generally fibrous
Stem prostrate to erect
Leaves basal and generally cauline, generally reduced upwards, generally glabrous; petiole base flat, stipule-like or not; basal and lower cauline petioles generally long; blades simple to dissected or compound, entire to toothed
Inflorescence: cyme, axillary or terminal, 1few-flowered
Flower radial; sepals generally 5, generally early deciduous, generally glabrous, generally green to yellowish; petals generally 5, generally > sepals, generally white to yellow, shiny; nectar gland near petal base, pocket-like or with flap-like scale; anthers yellow; pistils generally many
Fruit: achene, generally compressed, beaked, generally glabrous; walls thick
Species in genus: ± 250 species: temp worldwide, tropical mtns; some ornamental
Etymology: (Latin: (Pliny) little frog, from generally wet habitats)
Native |
Perennial 525 cm, scapose or not
Stem generally erect, glabrous; branches 0few, at base
Leaves: basal and lower cauline (if present) petioles 18 cm, blades 13 cm, round to reniform, with 35(7) lobes > 1/2 way to base, lobes entire to few-toothed or -lobed; upper cauline leaves 0 or 12, sessile, deeply 3-lobed to 1-ternate, lobes or leaflets oblong to elliptic, entire
Flower: receptacle glabrous; sepals 3.57 mm, hairs 0sparse; petals 512 mm, 59 mm wide
Fruits 17many; cluster narrowly ovoid to subcylindric; body 1.52 mm, ± plump, sides ± 1 mm wide, glabrous, back rounded; beak 0.51 mm, ± straight
Chromosomes: 2n=56
Ecology: Meadows, rocky slopes, ledges
Elevation: 18004000 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, Cascade Range, High Sierra Nevada, San Bernardino Mountains, San Jacinto Mountains, Great Basin Floristic Province
Distribution outside California: to Alaska, Montana, Colorado, Arizona
Some plants difficult to separate from typical var. of AK and w Can.
Native |
Leaves: basal and lower cauline (if present) with 35(7) lobes > 1/2 way to blade base, middle lobe with 1 tooth or lobe or generally entire, tips obtuse to rounded
Ecology: Habitats and elevations of sp
Elevation:
Bioregional distribution: Cascade Range, High Sierra Nevada, San Bernardino Mountains, San Jacinto Mountains, Great Basin Floristic Province
Distribution outside California: Nevada
Flowering time: JulAug
Scapose plants in SNH with leaf bases not persistent doubtfully belonging to var. e.
Horticultural information: TRY; DFCLT.