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§1 Plant
Ranunculus cymbalaria Pursh
vernacular alkali buttercup — species · Ranunculaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ranunculaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Ranunculus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 358 counties across 23 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 90 min.
- Precipitation
- 12–48 in/yr
- pH range
- 6.5–8
- Root depth
- 9 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 1 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 25,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 358 counties across 23 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Archuleta 08007
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Clear Creek 08019
- Costilla 08023
- Crowley 08025
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Denver 08031
- El Paso 08041
- Fremont 08043
- Garfield 08045
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Kit Carson 08063
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Park 08093
- Prowers 08099
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Sedgwick 08115
- Teller 08119
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Illinois view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Gove 20063
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Jackson 20085
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Logan 20109
- Meade 20119
- Morton 20129
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Scott 20171
- Seward 20175
- Sheridan 20179
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Trego 20195
- Wallace 20199
Maine view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Becker 27005
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cottonwood 27033
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Redwood 27127
- Roseau 27135
- Sibley 27143
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Stevens 27149
- Traverse 27155
- Wadena 27159
- Waseca 27161
- Wilkin 27167
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Fergus 30027
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Golden Valley 30037
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Madison 30057
- Meagher 30059
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
Nebraska view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Arthur 31005
- Banner 31007
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cass 31025
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Cheyenne 31033
- Clay 31035
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Deuel 31049
- Dixon 31051
- Dodge 31053
- Garden 31069
- Grant 31075
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Kimball 31105
- Lincoln 31111
- Morrill 31123
- Pierce 31139
- Red Willow 31145
- Sarpy 31153
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sioux 31165
- Thomas 31171
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Adams 38001
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Foster 38031
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Slope 38087
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Traill 38097
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Oklahoma view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Beadle 46005
- Bon Homme 46009
- Brookings 46011
- Brown 46013
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Custer 46033
- Day 46037
- Fall River 46047
- Gregory 46053
- Harding 46063
- Kingsbury 46077
- Lincoln 46083
- Marshall 46091
- McCook 46087
- Meade 46093
- Pennington 46103
- Perkins 46105
- Roberts 46109
- Sully 46119
- Todd 46121
- Union 46127
Texas view state ↗ 9 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RACY ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3033443 ↗Record version
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