Biology:Ranunculus occidentalis
| Ranunculus occidentalis | |
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| R. occidentalis in Anacortes, Washington | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Ranunculus |
| Species: | R. occidentalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ranunculus occidentalis | |
Ranunculus occidentalis, the western buttercup,[1] is a species of buttercup found in the western regions of North America. Its distribution extends from Alaska through British Columbia and Alberta to central California .[1] The flower can be seen in open meadows, forests, and other generally flat areas up to an elevation of 2,200 metres (7,200 ft).[2]
Aleut first nations may have used juice from the plant as a poison,[3] its toxicity arising from the substance protoanemonin.[4] Shasta first nations coincided blooming Ranunculus occidentalis with salmon runs in the summer.[5] The seeds were used to make pinole, a staple food.[6]
This plant is similar to, and sometimes difficult to distinguish from, the California buttercup (Ranunculus californicus).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ranunculus occidentalis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=RAOC.
- ↑ "Jepson Manual Treatment for Ranunculus occidentalis". University of California Berkeley Jepson Treaments. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Ranunculus%20occidentalis.
- ↑ Flora of North America
- ↑ Bank, Theodore (1953). Botanical and ethnobotanical studies in the Aleutian Islands - Health and Medical Lore …. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters. p. 428.
- ↑ Holt, Catharine (1946). Shasta Ethnography. University of California, Berkeley. p. 310.
- ↑ Ethnobotany
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