Ranunculaceae

A. flammea Jacq., Fl. Austr. 4: 29 {1776). Syn: A. caudata Stev. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 21(3): 273 (1848). I?: Coste, Fl. Fr. 1:34 (1901). Figure 7, p. 177.
Glabrescent annual, usually villose below, 10-40 cm, sparingly and strictly branched. Leaf laciniae linear. Flowers 13-24 mm across. Sepals pallid, glabrous or villose outside. Petals oblong-oblanceolate, flame-scarlet, often with a black base. Achenes lax, c. 3 mm, rugose-reticulate, dorsal margin with an obtuse projection adpressed to the style and shorter than it. transverse crest usually weakly toothed; beak slender, short, curved upwards, indigo-tipped. Fl. 4-6. Fields, steppe, rocky places, s. 1.-1900 m.
Described from Austria.
Widespread, rare in the extreme E.: A1(E) Tekirdağ: Çorlu, Davidov. A1(A) Çanakkale: Erenköy, Sim. 1883:370! A2(E) Istanbul: Safraköy to Galataria, 19 vi 1898, Azn.! A2(A) Bursa: Bithynian Olympus, Noel A3 Bolu: Bolu to Ilica, Brauner! A4 Çankiri: Arap, nr. Sabanözü, Czeczott 291. A7 Gümüşane: Gümü-şane. Bourgeau. A8 Erzurum: Ispir, Huet. A9 Kars: nr. Göle (Grossheim 4: map 91). Bl Izmir: Izmir, Petry. B3 Afyon: Afyon, Krause 348! B4 Ankara, Ankara, Bornm. 1892:3134! B5 Kayseri: Bakir Da. above Kisge, 1400 m, D. 19253! B6 Maraş: d. Göksun, Yalak, 1400 m, D. 19922! B7 Tunceli: Tunceli to Pülümür, 1000 m, D. 29210! B8 Erzurum: Erzurum, 1900 m. Huet! B10 Ağri: d. Doğu-bayazit, Czingil, 15 v 1916, Schischkin. C2 Muğla (?-Caria): Eskeri Boğaz, Luschan. C3 Burdur: Burdur to Antalya, 1000-1100 m. Dudley, D. 35666! C4 Konya: Küçük Köy nr. Çumra, Helbaek 2508! C6 Seyhan: d. Bahçe, Haruniye to Fevzipaşa, 700 m, D. 26813! C7 Una: Birecik to Sürüç, 700-800 m, D. 27974! C8 Diyarbakir: Diyarbakir to Çinar, 650 m, D. 28777!
S. & C. Europe, N. W. Africa, S. Russia, Crimea, Caucasia, W. Syria, W. Iran. The species begins to flower earlier than the darker-flowered A. aestivalis subsp. aestivalis and, like that species, is not common near the coast. Specimens intermediate between these two soecies are occasionally seen.