Gorman's Buttercup

Ranunculus gormanii is restricted to middle elevations in the Klamath and southern Cascade Mountains.

Stems prostrate, sometimes rooting nodally, glabrous. Roots thickened basally, glabrous. Proximal cauline leaf blades narrowly to broadly ovate, 1.2-4 × 0.7-2 cm, base rounded, truncate or sometimes obtuse, margins entire or denticulate, apex obtuse or acute. Inflorescences: bracts ovate or sometimes lanceolate. Flowers: receptacle glabrous; sepals 5, spreading or reflexed from near base, 2-4 × 1-3 mm, glabrous; petals 5-6, 4-6 × 2-4 mm; nectary scales glabrous. Heads of achenes hemispheric, 2-3 × 3-4 mm; achenes 1.2-2 × 1.2-1.4 mm, glabrous; beak lanceolate to subulate, straight or curved, 0.6-0.8 mm.

Calif., Oreg.

Flowering spring-summer (May-Jul).

Damp soil of meadows and stream banks; 900-3300m.