Ranunculus pyrenaeus, L.

112. R. pyrenaeus L. View in CoL , Mantissa Altera 248 (1771).

Perennial 5-15 cm. Stock fibrous. Leaves linear to broadly lanceolate, sessile; cauline few, sessile. Pedicels 1 - to 10-flowered, glabrous below, pubescent above. Flowers c. 20 mm in diameter, white. Sepals glabrous, whitish. Honey-leaves obovate, often imperfect or some lacking. Receptacle ovoid, pubescent. Achenes rhom­ boid, inflated, nearly smooth; beak short, nearly straight. 2« = 32. Alps, Pyrenees, mountains of Spain, Corse. Au Co Ga HeHsIt.

The populations of this species from the Pyrenees and Corse usually have narrow leaves and slender stems. Those of the Alps with broad leaves and more robust stems have been called subsp. plantagineus (All.) Rouy & Fouc., Fl. Fr. 1: 80 (1893). The varia­ tion here, however, seems to be more or less continuous. The population in the Sierra Nevada appears to merit subspecific rank: