Snow Buttercup, Threesection Buttercup
Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. trisectus
Synonyms: Ranunculus suksdorfii ssp. trisectus, Ranunculus trisectus
Snow buttercup blooming at a swale on the north side of the North Loop Road, Steens Mountain Recreation Lands, about one mile below Kiger Gorge..........August 31, 2011.
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Snow buttercup blooming at a swale on the north side of the North Loop Road, Steens Mountain Recreation Lands, about one mile below Kiger Gorge.........August 31, 2011. Note that the leaf in the uppermost right photo has a terminal or middle leaflet that is 5-lobed. Variety suksdorfii would be 3 lobed.
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Snow buttercups blooming on a bank where snow recently melted along the South Loop Road, Steens Mountain Recreation Lands, about one mile below to the west of the East Rim Viewpoint...........September 2, 2011.
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Suksdorf's buttercup blooming on a bank where snow recently melted along the South Loop Road, Steens Mountain Recreation Lands, about one mile below to the west of the East Rim Viewpoint...........July 9, 2014.
Snow buttercup blooming below a melting snowbank along the Strawberry Basin Trail #375, Strawberry Mt. Wilderness..........July 18, 2013. This site is about 50 meters below where the trail crests the ridgetop near the junction with the Onion Creek Trail #368.
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Close-up images of the flowers and leaf of snow buttercup as seen blooming below a melting snowbank along the Strawberry Basin Trail #375, Strawberry Mt. Wilderness..........July 18, 2013. This site is about 50 meters below where the trail crests the ridgetop near the junction with the Onion Creek Trail #368.
Leaves of snow buttercup as seen in a late-melting depression on the north-facing slopes at the summit of Sugarloaf Mountain, Eagle Cap Wilderness......August 13, 2018.
Paul Slichter