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Label

Accession No. 05486 
Family Ranunculaceae 
Species Ranunculus flammula L.
Common name "creeping spearwort"
Collector Information D.M. Barnes  (947)  16 August 2001
Geography United States,  Utah, Summit County
Lat./Long. 40°  53' 0.01" N, 110°  49 ' 0.01" W at 8495 feet (2589 m)
Township/Range T2N, R10E, Sec. 16 at 8495 feet (2589 m) 
Locality Highway 150, west across the road from Ranger Station and S of Lily Lake road. 
Ecology River bottom area, sandy swampy, willow sedge community. 
Climate NCDC temperatures, daily high (red), daily average (green) and daily low (blue), from 1970 to 2000 at this location.   NCDC average monthly precipitation from 1970 to 2000 at this location.

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Ranunculus flammula L.

Common Name(s): greater creeping spearwort, spearwort buttercup.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=18604, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Magnoliidae
                            Order: Ranunculales
                                Family: Ranunculaceae
                                    Genus: Ranunculus
                                        Species: Ranunculus flammula
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 05486s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 04110s1.jpg 
04110
 specimen image: 06204s1.jpg 
06204
 specimen image: 07809s1.jpg 
07809

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
07919 Artemisia tridentata  var. pauciflora   "Vasey's big sagebrush" 1.4 mi. SW
07314 Eremogone congesta  var. congesta  same section
07312 Erigeron eatonii  var. eatonii   "Eaton's fleabane" same section
07316 Erigeron uintahensis      "Uinta fleabane" same section
07309 Gayophytum decipiens      "deceptive groundsmoke" same section
05487 Gentianopsis detonsa      "windmill fringed gentian" same section
07319 Lathyrus lanszwertii  var. lanszwertii   "Lanszwert's vetchling" same section
05664 Lupinus argenteus  var. utahensis  1.2 mi. S
05747 Menyanthes trifoliata      "buckbean" 1.2 mi. S
07311 Orthocarpus tolmiei      "Tolmie's owl's-clover" same section
07313 Penstemon procerus  var. aberrans   "pincushion beardtongue" same section
13150 Penstemon watsonii      "Watson's beardtongue" same section
07310 Phacelia hastata      "silverleaf scorpionweed" same section
07920 Poa palustris      "fowl bluegrass" 1.4 mi. SW
07921 Ranunculus aquatilis  var. diffusus  1.4 mi. SW
05488 Rorippa curvipes  var. curvipes   "bluntleaf yellowcress" same section
07315 Sedum lanceolatum      "spearleaf stonecrop" same section
07922 Symphyotrichum ascendens      "western aster" 1.4 mi. SW

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Lily Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 2827 ft. SE 8905  Deadman Mountain 
Bear River Ranger Station (Locale) Summit County, UT 0.8 mi. W 8475  Deadman Mountain 
Stillwater Campground (Locale) Summit County, UT 1.4 mi. SW 8521  Christmas Meadows 
Hayden Fork (Stream) Summit County, UT 1.5 mi. SW   Hayden Peak 
Stillwater Fork (Stream) Summit County, UT 1.5 mi. SW   Hayden Peak 
Bear River Campground (Locale) Summit County, UT 2 mi. N 8327  Deadman Mountain 
East Fork Bear River (Stream) Summit County, UT 2.1 mi. N   Red Knob 
East Fork Campground (Locale) Summit County, UT 2.2 mi. N 8370  Deadman Mountain 
Bear River Smiths Fork Trail (Trail) Summit County, UT 2.2 mi. SE 9397  Christmas Meadows 
Hovarka Canal (Canal) Summit County, UT 2.4 mi. N 8386  Deadman Mountain 
Wolverine Recreation Trailhead (Locale) Summit County, UT 2.5 mi. S 9085  Christmas Meadows 
Main Fork (Stream) Summit County, UT 2.7 mi. S   Christmas Meadows 
Boundary Creek (Stream) Summit County, UT 2.4 mi. SE   Christmas Meadows 
East Fork Bear River Camp (Locale) Summit County, UT 2.7 mi. SE 8914  Christmas Meadows 
Hill Air Force Base Recreation Camp (Locale) Summit County, UT 3.2 mi. NE 8842  Deadman Mountain 
Old Burn (Slope) Summit County, UT 3.2 mi. SE 9216  Christmas Meadows 
Windsor Dam (Dam) Summit County, UT 3.1 mi. SE 8862  Christmas Meadows 
Christmas Meadow Summer Home Area (Populated Place) Summit County, UT 3.9 mi. S 8770  Christmas Meadows 
Deadman Mountain (Summit) Summit County, UT 3 mi. E 10739  Deadman Mountain 
Coyote Hollow (Valley) Summit County, UT 3.2 mi. SW   Whitney Reservoir 

Links

Taxon Links for species Ranunculus flammula  L.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Ranunculus+flammula

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