Ranunculus lapponicus

Lapland Buttercup

Basal Leaf in Ground

Macdowall Bog, South of Macdowall
18-June-2000

Lapponicus: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this species. 

plants of boggy woodlands; NOT [plants aquatic, leaves submerged]

plants larger, with the stems usually erect; NOT [plants small, rarely more than 5 cm high]

stems bearing a single leaf and a single flower; NOT [stems bearing several leaves and flowers]

stem and inflorescence leaves on well-developed petioles; NOT [stem leaves and leaves in the inflorescence sessile or subsessile]

leaves simple; NOT [leaves compound]; NOT [leaves finely dissected]

basal leaves ovate, rhomboid or reniform; NOT [basal leaves elliptic to linear]

basal leaves lobed almost to the base; NOT [basal leaves crenate or lobed to almost halfway]

sepals usually 3

achenes tipped with a hooked/curved beak

achenes glabrous; NOT [achenes pubescent]

 

Ranunculus: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this genus. 

plants not climbing

leaves either basal or alternate; NOT [leaves opposite]

leaves not all basal, stem leaves present; NOT [leaves all basal]

petals usually present; NOT [petals absent, but sepals colored and petal-like]

flowers regular, not spurred; NOT [flowers irregular or spurred]

fruit achenes; NOT [fruit dry pods or follicles], NOT [fruit berry-like]

fruit not with persistent feathery style

 

Ranunculaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this family. Not all the answers apply to all members of this family, but they all do apply to Ranunculus.

herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]

plants terrestrial or semiaquatic; NOT [plants aquatic, leaves submerged or floating]

plants not with colored milky juice

plants with more than one normal leaf

some or all leaves alternate; NOT [leaves opposite, whorled, or basal]

leaves without stipules, or having glands; NOT [leaves with stipules]

flowers with two floral rings

calyx regular; NOT [calyx irregular, some sepals smaller than others]

each petal distinct from the others

stamens numerous; NOT [stamens 5 or fewer]; NOT [stamens always exactly 10]

carpels separate; NOT [carpels united]