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Label

Accession No. 06438 
Family Ranunculaceae 
Species Ranunculus cymbalaria Pursh
Common name "alkali buttercup"
Collector Information J.G. Harris  (2853)  09 June 2001 , with M.W. Harris
Geography United States,  Utah, Millard County
Lat./Long. 39°  18' 56" N, 112°  14 ' 4" W at 7216 feet (2200 m)
Locality Canyon Mountains, end of Dry Creek road, ca 4 km due SE of Oak City. 
Ecology wet springs along creek. 
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 cymbalaria Pursh
     Cyrtorhyncha cymbalaria ssp. alpina (Hook.) A.& D. Löve
     Halerpestes cymbalaria (Pursh) Greene
     Halerpestes cymbalaria ssp. saximontana (Fern.) Moldenke
     Ranunculus cymbalaria var. alpinus Hook.
     Ranunculus cymbalaria ssp. saximontanus (Fern.) Thorne
     Ranunculus cymbalaria var. saximontanus Fern.
     Ranunculus cymbalaria var. typicus L. Benson

Common Name(s): alkali buttercup, shore buttercup.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=18600, click for more information and references)

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

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 06438s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
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00265
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00269
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00793
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00896
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03610
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03894
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Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
06391 Aquilegia formosa  var. formosa   "western columbine" same section
06388 Carex deweyana      "Dewey sedge" same section
06389 Carex subfusca      "brown sedge" same section
06440 Ceanothus velutinus      "snowbrush ceanothus" same section
06511 Collomia linearis      "tiny trumpet" same section
06510 Cystopteris fragilis      "brittle bladderfern" same section
06509 Erigeron eatonii  var. eatonii   "Eaton's fleabane" same section
06439 Mimulus guttatus      "common monkeyflower" same section
06512 Potentilla glandulosa  var. pseudorupestris   "rock-loving sticky cinquefoil" same section
06507 Rubus idaeus  var. strigosus  same section
06442 Symphoricarpos oreophilus  var. parishii   "Parish's snowberry" same section
06441 Veronica americana      "American speedwell" same section
06508 Viola adunca      "hook-spur violet" same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Upper Quaking Asp Canyon (Valley) Millard County, UT 1158 ft. W   Williams Peak 
Prouse Canyon (Valley) Millard County, UT 1270 ft. E   Williams Peak 
Rattlesnake Canyon (Valley) Millard County, UT 1722 ft. NW   Williams Peak 
Rogers Canyon (Valley) Millard County, UT 1934 ft. W   Williams Peak 
Rough Hollow (Valley) Millard County, UT 2383 ft. NE   Williams Peak 
Bear Hollow (Valley) Millard County, UT 0.7 mi. NE   Williams Peak 
Roger Hollow (Valley) Millard County, UT 0.9 mi. W   Williams Peak 
Partridge Mountain (Summit) Millard County, UT 1.1 mi. N 8790  Williams Peak 
Peak Canyon (Valley) Millard County, UT 1.6 mi. W   Oak City South 
Partridge Mountain Research Natural Area (Area) Millard County, UT 1.9 mi. NW 7802  Oak City South 
South Walker Canyon (Valley) Millard County, UT 2.6 mi. N   Williams Peak 
Bowens Canyon (Valley) Millard County, UT 2.6 mi. N   Williams Peak 
Weetches Canyon (Valley) Millard County, UT 2.6 mi. N   Williams Peak 
Platnation Flat Campground (Locale) Millard County, UT 2.8 mi. N 6592  Williams Peak 
Little Creek (Stream) Millard County, UT 2.9 mi. N   Fool Creek Peak 
Ox Hollow (Valley) Millard County, UT 2.6 mi. NE   Williams Peak 
Cold Spring (Spring) Millard County, UT 2.8 mi. N 6145  Oak City South 
Williams Peak (Summit) Millard County, UT 2.5 mi. SE 8908  Williams Peak 
Quaking Asp Hollow (Valley) Millard County, UT 2.4 mi. W   Oak City South 
Big Spring (Spring) Millard County, UT 2.9 mi. N 6165  Oak City South 

Links

Taxon Links for species Ranunculus cymbalaria  Pursh

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+cymbalaria

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