Ranunculus fascicularis

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Family:RANUNCULACEAE
Species:Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
Common Name:Thick Root Buttercup; Early Buttercup
Habitat:Open dry to semi-dry sites with calcareous soils.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:RAFA
Plant Notes:Thick Root Buttercup is a native herbaceous perennial in the Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). It is found primarily in the central and northern portions of the state. Thick Root Buttercup grows in prairies, in pastures, in lawns, and in deciduous forests. It is a perennial with thickened, tuberous roots. Stems are decumbent to ascending, pubescent, green in color, and never rooting at the nodes. Leaves are basal and cauline. The basal leaves are petiolate and 3-5 foliate. The leaf segments are entire or once lobed or parted into oblanceolate or obovate segments with rounded apices. The cauline leaves are similar but smaller than the basal leaves. The cauline leaves are sessile or short-petiolate and undivided or they with 2-3 narrow lobes. Flowers are solitary on long pubescent peduncles. Each flower has 5 sepals, 5-10 shiny yellow petals, numerous stamens, and numerous carpels. The fruit is a head of achenes. The achenes are beaked. Thick Root Buttercup is very similar to Bristly Buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus Michaux). Bristly Buttercup lacks the thickened, tuberous roots of Thick Root Buttercup.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACU (NWI), G5 (Global Rank)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyRANUNCULACEAE - Buttercup/Crowfoot family
Genus Ranunculus
Species Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow - Thick Root Buttercup; Early Buttercup

Citation

Citation Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow, Fl. Boston. 137. 1814.
Basionym: **
Type: **

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Ranunculus fascicularis var. apricus    
Ranunculus fascicularis var. typicus    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Bullock, Butler, Colbert, Dallas, Etowah, Franklin, Greene, Jackson, Lowndes, Madison, Marengo, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Shelby, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1949 - 1973

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA000039577 Madison 9 Apr 2016 England, J. Kevin
6188		 AUA
Ranunculus Fascicularis Muhl. Ex Bigelow
UWAL0003627 Sumter 03 Apr 1941 Spieth, Alda M.
s.n.		 UWAL
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
TROY000022637 Perry 03 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3323		 TROY
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
UWAL0003621 Marengo 06 Feb 2009 England, J. Kevin
1580		 UWAL
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
JSU128720 Morgan 14 Apr 1978 Kral, Robert
61473		 JSU
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
UWAL0003628 Tuscaloosa 15 Mar 2006 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12398		 UWAL
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
UWAL0013184 Marengo 08 Mar 2012 England, J. Kevin
3245		 UWAL
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
UWAL0037007 Shelby 25 Mar 2017 England, J. Kevin
7217		 UWAL
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
AUA_ACC_5106 Madison Apr 1965 Joyner, H.W.
S.N.		 AUA
Ranunculus Fascicularis Muhl. Ex Bigelow
UNA00066974 Perry 03 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3323		 UNA
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
UWAL0031347 Franklin 03 Apr 2014 England, J. Kevin
4761		 UWAL
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
UWAL0014854 Bullock 31 Jan 2013 Dykes, Bailee
1485		 UWAL
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
UWAL0015254 Pickens 26 Mar 2014 Keener, Brian R.
8289		 UWAL
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
UWAL0039213 Lowndes 14 Feb 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
28753		 UWAL
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
UNA00030548 Greene 22 Mar 1953 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
UWAL0003624 Sumter 03 Apr 1941 Spieth, Alda M.
s.n.		 UWAL
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
UWAL0015036 Bullock 22 Mar 2012 Dykes, Bailee
396		 UWAL
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
UWAL0003622 Perry 03 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3323		 UWAL
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
UWAL0048068 Bullock 22 Mar 2018 Soehren, Eric C.
543		 UWAL
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
TROY000022494 Sumter 07 Apr 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2772		 TROY
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
UWAL0003626 Sumter 03 Apr 1941 Spieth, Alda M.
s.n.		 UWAL
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
TROY000022495 Tuscaloosa 15 Mar 2006 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12398		 TROY
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
TROY000051387 Washington 06 Mar 2010 England, J. Kevin
2257		 TROY
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
TROY000008150 Dallas 20 Mar 1976 Kral, Robert
57422		 TROY
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
TROY000008149 Butler 04 Mar 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17300		 TROY
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
UWAL0003623 Sumter 07 Apr 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2772		 UWAL
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
UNA00048648 Dallas 11 Apr 1969 Thomas, Joab L.
1951		 UNA
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
AUA000044012 Madison 7 Mar 2020 Hansen, Curtis J.
7853		 AUA
Ranunculus Fascicularis Muhl. Ex Bigelow
ALNHS00003903 Colbert 14 Apr 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
FH-647		 ALNHS
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl.
TROY000049450 Lowndes 14 Feb 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
28753		 TROY
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
UNA00030550 Jackson s.d. Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
TROY000046056 Montgomery 18 Mar 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21197		 TROY
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. Ex Bigelow
UNA00066635 Butler 04 Mar 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17300		 UNA
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
AUA_ACC_66010 Sumter 7 Apr 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2772		 AUA
Ranunculus Fascicularis Muhl. Ex Bigelow
UNA00064739 Sumter 07 Apr 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2772		 UNA
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
UWAL0032876 Washington 06 Mar 2010 England, J. Kevin
2257		 UWAL
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
TROY000051845 Shelby 25 Mar 2017 England, J. Kevin
7217		 TROY
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
TROY000038039 Bullock 22 Mar 2012 Dykes, Bailee
396		 TROY
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
UNA00022110 Morgan 28 Mar 1973 Kral, Robert
49420		 UNA
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
JSU128719 Etowah 6 Apr 1956 Blessing, Maxine
s.n.		 JSU
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
UNA00030538 Dallas 11 Apr 1969 Thomas, Joab L.
1935		 UNA
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
AUA_ACC_67321 Tuscaloosa 15 May 2006 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12398		 AUA
Ranunculus Fascicularis Muhl. Ex Bigelow
UNA00030543 Sumter 05 Mar 1949 Harper, Roland M.
4102		 UNA
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
TROY000049119 Pickens 26 Mar 2014 Keener, Brian R.
8289		 TROY
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
UWAL0003625 Sumter 01 Apr 1935 Spieth, Alda M.
s.n.		 UWAL
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
TROY000037078 Bullock 31 Jan 2013 Dykes, Bailee
1485		 TROY
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
UWAL0003620 Butler 04 Mar 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17300		 UWAL
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
TROY000022649 Marengo 06 Feb 2009 England, J. Kevin
1580		 TROY
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
UWAL0031213 Pickens 26 Mar 2015 Keener, Brian R.
8687		 UWAL
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
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