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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)
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Perennial 1060 cm
Stem generally erect, few-branched, generally hairy
Leaves generally soft-hairy; basal and lower cauline petioles 211 cm, blades 1.56 cm, ovate to cordate, generally deeply 3-lobed, lobes toothed to deeply cut; upper cauline leaves smaller
Flower: receptacle glabrous; sepals 38 mm, hairs short; petals generally 56, 415 mm, 28 mm wide
Fruits 1022; cluster spheric; body 24 mm, sides 1.53.5 mm wide, smooth, sparsely puberulent or glabrous, back keeled; beak generally 1.52.5 mm, curved or ± straight
Ecology: Meadows, flats, open woodland or forest
Elevation: 1002200 m.
Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province (except Great Central Valley, Southwestern California)
Distribution outside California: to Alaska
Synonyms: vars. dissectus L.F. Hend., eisenii (Kellogg) A. Gray, howellii Greene, rattanii A. Gray, ultramontanus Greene
Intergrades complexly with R. californicus
Horticultural information: DRN: 4, 5, 6, 17 &partSHD: 7, 15, 16, 22, 23, 24 &IRR: 2, 3, 8, 9, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21; dry in summer.