. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 18. Ranunculus alleghaniensis Britton. IMountain Crowfoot. Fig. 1912. Ranunculus alleghaniensis Britton, Bull. Torr. Club 22: 224, 1895. Similar in aspect to R. abortivus and R. mi- cranthus, glabrous, stem widely branched, i°- 2° tall. Basal leaves reniform or suborbicular, 6"-2' wide, long-petioled, crenate or some of them lobed, the teeth and lobes suba
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 18. Ranunculus alleghaniensis Britton. IMountain Crowfoot. Fig. 1912. Ranunculus alleghaniensis Britton, Bull. Torr. Club 22: 224, 1895. Similar in aspect to R. abortivus and R. mi- cranthus, glabrous, stem widely branched, i°- 2° tall. Basal leaves reniform or suborbicular, 6"-2' wide, long-petioled, crenate or some of them lobed, the teeth and lobes subacute; stem leaves sessile or the lower petioled, divided nearly or quite to the base into linear acute en- tire toothed or cleft segments; flowers 2"-3" broad; petals oblong, not exceeding the calyx, yellow, glandular; head of fruit globose or glo- bose-oblong, 2" in diameter; achenes slightly compressed and margined, tipped with subulate hooked or recurved styles of about one-half their length. In rich woods, Vermont, Massachusetts and New York to the mountains of North Carolina. Plant slightly glaucous. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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