Atragene repens (Kuntze) Rydb.

  • Authority

    New York Botanical Garden. Herbarium of Dr. Per Axel Rydberg. Purchased, 1899. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden.

  • Family

    Ranunculaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Atragene repens (Kuntze) Rydb.

  • Description

    Species Description - Plant trailing: leaves biternate, glabrous, firmer than in the two preceding: petioles 5-8 cm. long: secondary leaflets subsessile except the terminal, which is short-stalked, broadly ovate, coarsely toothed with broadly ovate teeth, 3-4 cm. long, abruptly short acuminate at the apex: peduncles over 1 dm. long: sepals ovate-lanceolate, about 4 cm. long, acute: staminodia linear: achenes about 5 mm. long, pubescent: tails about 4 cm. long, plumose throughout.

  • Discussion

    Dr. Kuntze's description of the subvariety repens is just as meaningless as the rest of his descriptions. He cites specimens, however, v\z., Jones no. 1SS2 and iSSy. We have two sheets of each and they evidently do not belong together. No. 1882 in both the Columbia University and New York Botanical Garden herbaria are in fruit, have simply ternate leaves with subentire leaflets and must be referred to A. occidcntalis. No. 1887 in flowers, on the contrary, has biternate leaves, and the leaflets are coarsely toothed. Dr. Kuntze's subvariety is, therefore, " eine zusammengesetzte " and according to some Germans, should be ruled out. After the part that belongs to A. occidcntalis has been removed, I have adopted the name for the residue.

    Utah: American Fork, 1880, M. E. Jones, 1887 (type in herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.).

    Wyoming: Wolf Creek Canon, 1896, Aven Nelson, 2294 in part, the larger part belonging to A. tomiloba.

  • Distribution

    Utah: American Fork, Wyoming: Wolf Creek Canon.

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