PLANTS Profile for Ranunculus canus (Sacramento Valley buttercup)

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PLANTS Profile

Ranunculus canus Benth.
Sacramento Valley buttercup

Symbol:

RACA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Ranunculus canus Benth.

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Synonyms:
Ranunculus canus Benth.

	RACAL3	Ranunculus californicus Benth. var. laetus Greene
	RACAL	Ranunculus canus Benth. var. laetus (Greene) L.D. Benson
	RACAL2	Ranunculus canus Benth. var. ludovicianus (Greene) L.D. Benson
	RACAT2	Ranunculus canus Benth. var. typicus L.D. Benson
	RALU	Ranunculus ludovicianus Greene

Distribution:
Ranunculus canus Benth.


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Ranunculus canus Benth.

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 93 species in Ranunculus

Classification:
Ranunculus canus Benth.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus	Ranunculus L. – buttercup
Species	Ranunculus canus Benth. – Sacramento Valley buttercup

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Ranunculus canus Benth.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC

FAC*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Ranunculus canus Benth.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18596.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 06:33 PM CDT