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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{speciesbox
|image = Suksdorfiaranunculifolia.jpg
|genus = Hemieva
|parent_authority = [[Raf.]] (1837), nom. rej.
|species = ranunculifolia
|authority = Raf. (1837)
|synonyms =
*''Boykinia ranunculifolia'' {{small|(Hook.) Greene (1891)}}
*''Saxifraga ranunculifolia'' {{small|Hook. (1832)}}
*''Suksdorfia ranunculifolia'' {{small|([[William Jackson Hooker|Hook.]]) [[Adolf Engler|Engl.]] (1930)}}
|synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:791289-1 ''Hemieva ranunculifolia'' Raf.] ''[[Plants of the World Online]]''. Retrieved 11 April 2024.</ref>
}}
'''''Hemieva ranunculifolia''''' is a species of flowering plant in the [[Saxifragaceae|saxifrage family]] known by the common name '''buttercup suksdorfia'''.<ref>{{PLANTS|id=SURA|taxon=Suksdorfia ranunculifolia|accessdate=4 December 2015}}</ref> It is the sole species in genus '''''Hemieva'''''.<ref name = powo/> It is native to western North America from [[British Columbia]] and [[Alberta]] south to northern [[California]]. It grows in moist, rocky habitat in mountains and foothills. It is a non-[[rhizome|rhizomatous]] perennial herb growing up to 40 centimeters tall. The leaves have rounded blades up to 4 centimeters wide with several large lobes edged with rounded teeth. The blades are light green, slightly fleshy, hairless in texture, and are borne on [[Petiole (botany)|petioles]] up to 15 centimeters long. The [[inflorescence]] is a dense, flat-topped cluster of up to 35 flowers borne atop a mostly naked, hairy, glandular stalk. Each flower has a bell-shaped calyx of pointed [[sepal]]s and five white or pink-tipped petals. The fruit is an oval brown capsule measuring 4 millimeters in length.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Suksdorfia violacea''|publisher=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center|url=http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SUVI|accessdate=January 20, 2015}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7088,7167,7168 Jepson Manual Treatment]
*[http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Suksdorfia&Species=ranunculifolia Washington Burke Museum]
*[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Suksdorfia+ranunculifolia Photo gallery]
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[[Category:Saxifragaceae]]
[[Category:Monotypic Saxifragaceae genera]]
[[Category:Flora of Alberta]]
[[Category:Flora of British Columbia]]
[[Category:Flora of California]]
[[Category:Flora of Idaho]]
[[Category:Flora of Montana]]
[[Category:Flora of Oregon]]
[[Category:Flora of Washington (state)]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1832]]
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