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Ranunculaceae

Buttercup or Crowfoot Family

Aconitum columbianum.  COLUMBIAN MONKSHOOD.  Perennial.  Found in Coconino and Apache counties, 5000-9500 feet [McD].



Actaea rubra ssp. arguta (=Actaea arguta).  RED BANEBERRY.  Perennial.  Coconino and Apache counties, 7000-9000 feet [McD].


Anemone cylindrica.  CANDLE ANEMONE.  Perennial.  Found in Coconino and Apache counties, 6500-7500 feet [McD].


Anemone multifida var. hudsoniana (=Anemone globosa).  HUDSON'S ANEMONE.  Perennial.  Found on San Francisco Mountain, Coconino County, 10,500-12,000 feet [McD].


Anemone tuberosa.  TUBER ANEMONE.  Perennial.  Found in Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, 2500-5000 feet [McD].


Aquilegia caerulea.  COLORADO BLUE COLUMBINE.  Perennial.  Coconino and Apache counties, 8000-11,000 feet [McD].



Aquilegia chrysantha.  GOLDEN COLUMBINE.  Perennial.  Throughout region at 3000-11,000 feet [McD].



Aquilegia desertorum.  DESERT COLUMBINE.  Perennial.  Coconino and Navajo counties, 6800-8000 feet [McD].


Aquilegia elegantula.  WESTERN RED COLUMBINE.  Perennial.  Coconino and Apache counties, 6500-9000 feet [McD].


Aquilegia micrantha.  MANCOS COLUMBINE.  Perennial.  Northern Coconino and Navajo counties, 6500-7000 feet [McD].


Aquilegia triternata.  CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAIN COLUMBINE.  Perennial.  White Mountains of southern Apache County, 8500-9000 feet [McD].


Caltha leptosepala.  WHITE MARSH MARIGOLD.  Perennial.  Coconino and Apache counties, 6500-11,000 feet [McD].


Cimicifuga arizonica.  ARIZONA BUGBANE.  Perennial.  Southern Coconino County, 5500-7000 feet [McD].  Southern Coconino County: "Bill Williams Mountain; North Canyon, Kaibab Plateau; West Fork of Oak Creek and other tributaries of Oak Creek; West Clear Creek and tributaries; Workman Creek and Cold Springs Canyon". Northern Gila County: Sierra Ancha [ARPC].


Clematis bigelovii.  BIGELOW'S LEATHER FLOWER.  Perennial.  Found in Coconino and Apache counties, ca. 5000-7500 feet [McD].


Clematis columbiana var. columbiana (=Clematis pseudoalpina).  ROCK CLEMATIS.  Subshrub or partly woody vine.  Found in Coconino County and reported from Apache County, 7000-8500 feet [McD].


Clematis drummondii.  DRUMMOND'S CLEMATIS.  Woody vine.  Reported from southern Yavapai County, below 4500 feet [McD].


Clematis hirsutissima var. hirsutissima.  LEATHERFLOWER.  HAIRY CLEMATIS.  ARIZONA LEATHER FLOWER.  CLUSTERED LEATHER FLOWER.  Perennial or subshrub.  Coconino and Apache counties, 7000-8500 feet [McD].  Coconino County: Tusayan area, near Flagstaff; Apache County: Chuska Mountains; 6800-9000 feet [ARPC, which considers the taxon following this (C. h. var. arizonica) as a synonym of the present taxon].


Clematis hirsutissima var. arizonica.  ARIZONA CLEMATIS.  Perennial or subshrub.  Coconino County [McD].



Clematis ligusticifolia.  WESTERN WHITE CLEMATIS.  VIRGIN'S BOWER.  OLD MAN'S BEARD.  HIERBA DE CHIVO.  Perennial or partly woody vine.  Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 3000-8500 feet [McD].  Grand Canyon National Park, Bright Angel Trail [LD].


Consolida ajacis (=Delphinium ajacis).  ROCKET LARKSPUR.  DOUBTFUL KNIGHT'S-SPUR.  Annual.  Escape from cultivation in Cibeque in Navajo County at ca. 6000 feet [McD].


Delphinium barbeyi.  SUBALPINE LARKSPUR.  Perennial.  Reported from Apache County at about 9000 feet [McD].


Delphinium geraniifolium (=Delphinium tenuisectum ssp. amplibracteatum).  CLARK VALLEY LARKSPUR.  Perennial.  Found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 6500-9500 feet [McD].


Delphinium nuttallianum (=Delphinium nelsonii).  TWOLOBE LARKSPUR.  Perennial.  Found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 6000-8500 feet [McD].


Delphinium parishii ssp. parishii (=Delphinium amabile).  PARISH'S LARKSPUR.  Perennial.  Mohave and Coconino counties, 5000 feet or lower [McD].


Delphinium scaposum.  TALL MOUNTAIN LARKSPUR.  Perennial.  Throughout region at 1500-8500 feet [McD].


Myosurus apetalus var. montanus (=Myosurus aristatus ssp. montanus).  BRISTLY MOUSETAIL.  Annual.  Found in Coconino and Apache counties, 7000-8000 feet [McD].


Myosurus cupulatus.  ARIZONA MOUSETAIL.  Annual.  Reported from Mohave County, probably also in southern Yavapai County, 2500-5000 feet [McD].


Myosurus minimus.  TINY MOUSETAIL.  Annual.  Found in Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, 3000-7000 feet [McD].


Ranunculus andersonii var. tenellus (=Ranunculus juniperinus).  ANDERSON'S BUTTERCUP.  Perennial.  Northern Mohave County, 5000-6000 feet [McD].


Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus (=Ranunculus aquatilis var. capillaceus; Ranunculus trichophyllus var. trichophyllus).  THREADLEAF CROWFOOT.  WHITE WATER CROWSFOOT.  Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo and Apache counties, 4500-9000 feet [McD].


Ranunculus cardiophyllus (=Ranunculus cardiophyllus var. subsagittatus).  HEARTLEAF BUTTERCUP.  Perennial.  Found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 7000-10,000 feet [McD].


Ranunculus cymbalaria (=Ranunculus cymbalaria var. saximontanus).  DESERT CROWFOOT.  ALKALI BUTTERCUP.  Perennial.  Throughout region at 3000-8000 feet [McD].


Ranunculus eschscholtzii.  ESCHSCHOLTZ'S BUTTERCUP.  Perennial.  San Francisco Mountain, Coconino County, 10,500-11,000 feet [McD].


Ranunculus flammula var. flammula (=Ranunculus flammula var. ovalis).  GREATER CREEPING SPEARWORT.  Perennial.  Reported from Coconino and Apache counties at ca. 9000 feet [McD].


Ranunculus hydrocharoides.  FROGBIT BUTTERCUP.  Perennial.  Found in Coconino and Apache counties, 7000-9000 feet [McD].


Ranunculus inamoenus.  GRACEFUL BUTTERCUP.  Perennial.  Found in Coconino and Apache counties, 6500-9500 feet [McD].


Ranunculus longirostris (=Ranunculus circinatus var. subrigidus).  LONGBEAK BUTTERCUP.  Aquatic perennial.  Found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 5000-7500 feet [McD].


Ranunculus macounii.  MACOUN'S BUTTERCUP.  Perennial.  Found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 6000-8500 feet [McD].


Ranunculus macranthus.  LARGE BUTTERCUP.  Perennial.  Reported from Navajo and southern Apache counties, 7500 feet and lower [McD].



Ranunculus oreogenes (=Ranunculus glaberrimus var. ellipticus).  OREGON BUTTERCUP.  Perennial.  Found in Coconino County, 7000-8000 feet [McD].  Sandys Canyon, Coconino National Forest, 6620 feet [LD].


Ranunculus pedatifidus var. affinus.  NORTHERN BUTTERCUP.  Perennial.  Found on San Francisco Mountain, Coconino County, at ca. 12,000 feet [McD].


Ranunculus pensylvanicus.  PENNSYLVANIA BUTTERCUP.  Perennial.  Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 3000-8000 feet [McD].


Ranunculus testiculatus (=Ceratocephala testiculata).  CURVESEED BUTTERWORT.  Annual.  Coconino County at ca. 7000 feet [McD].


Ranunculus uncinatus.  WOODLAND BUTTERCUP.  Perennial.  Found in northern Coconino County, 8000-9000 feet [McD].


Thalictrum dasycarpum.  PURPLE MEADOW-RUE.  Perennial.  Reported from Show Low, Navajo County, ca. 6000 feet [McD].



Thalictrum fendleri.  FENDLER'S MEADOW-RUE.  Perennial.  Throughout region at 5000-9500 feet [McD].


Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. occidentalis (=Trautvetteria grandis).  Perennial.  Reported from the head of the Black River in the White Mountains, Apache County, at ca. 8000 feet [McD].


This page revised 26 May 2008.


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