Ranunculaceae 



103 



Ranunculus 

 montanensis 

 Rydb. 



Meadow 

 Buttercup. 



Stem stout, 1-2 feet high, 

 branching with long rough hairs. 

 Basal leaves long, hairy all over, 

 3 -parted, the divisions again 

 divided or cut into linear or 

 lanceolate segments; petioles 3 or 4 inches 

 long; stem-leaves similar but short petioled. 

 Flowers few, large ; sepals broadly ovate with 

 silky hairs ; petals broadly ovate, nearly half 

 an inch long, bright yellow; head of achenes, 

 globose ; style long, slender, and much curved. 

 Frequent in the Rockies at the lower 

 altitudes in more or less shaded grassy 

 situations; flowering in June and July. 



Stems creeping and rooting at 

 the joints, 1-7- flowered. Leaves 

 broadly ovate, coarsely crenate, 

 clustered at the base and joints 

 of the long slender runners. 

 Flowers J of an inch across; 



petals light yellow, longer than the sepals; 



fruit in oblong heads. 



A common species throughout the Rockies 



Halerpestes 



Cymbalaria 



(Pursh.) 



Green. 



Creeping 



Crowfoot. 



