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Common Name:
Small-flowered Buttercup, Stickseed Crowfoot
Easy to identify in the field because of its minute flowers & hairy stems, per www.missouriplants.com
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Common Name:
spinyfruit buttercup, Roughseed Buttercup
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ranunculus muricatus
Sepals 3-5mm long; petals 5-7mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
INCLUDING
Ranunculus arvensis var. tuberculatus
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Common Name:
Sardinian Buttercup, Hairy Buttercup
Flowers are about 0.75" across with 5 glossy yellow petals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ranunculus obtusiusculus
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Common Name:
Low Spearwort
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ranunculus pusillus
Petals 1-3(-5), 1-2 mm long, about as long as the sepals, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Kidneyleaf Buttercup, Small-flowered Buttercup, Kidney-leaved Crowfoot, Small-flowered Crowfoot
Petals less than 1/8" long, shorter than sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Cursed Buttercup, Celery-leaf Crowfoot, Cursed Crowfoot
A smooth succulent plant of wet habitats with 1/4" flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Hooked Buttercup, Hooked Crowfoot
Petals are 0.15-0.25" long, shorter than or equal to sepals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Common Name:
Creeping Buttercup
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Common Name:
Tall Buttercup, Bitter Buttercup
Coarse erect perennial to 1.2m tall. Flowers numerous in an open inflorescence, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Bulbous Buttercup
Petals 8-16mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Carolina Buttercup, Swamp Buttercup
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ranunculus palmatus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ranunculus septentrionalis
Flowers about 1" across, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Hispid Buttercup, Hairy Buttercup
Petals usually obovate, to 15mm long [longer than sepals], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Early Buttercup, Thick-root Butterdup
Petals longer than they are broad, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Ranunculus harveyi var. harveyi
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ranunculus harveyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Ranunculus septentrionalis
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ranunculus septentrionalis var. caricetorum
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Common Name:
Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ranunculus ficaria sensu lato (Sell, 1994)
Ranunculus ficaria ssp. calthifolius
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ranunculus ficaria
Flowers up to 30mm in diameter; petals 10-15mm x 2.5-6mm, contiguous, per Ranunculus ficaria L. sensu lato (Sell 1994).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ranunculus ficaria sensu lato (Sell, 1994)
Ranunculus ficaria ssp. chrysocephalus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ranunculus ficaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ranunculus ficaria sensu lato (Sell, 1994)
Ranunculus ficaria ssp. ficaria
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ranunculus ficaria
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Common Name:
Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ranunculus ficaria sensu lato (Sell, 1994)
Ranunculus ficaria ssp. ficariiformis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ranunculus ficaria
Flowers up to 50mm in diameter; petals contiguous or overlapping, per Ranunculus ficaria L. sensu lato (Sell 1994).
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Common Name:
Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ranunculus ficaria sensu lato (Sell, 1994)
Ranunculus ficaria ssp. bulbilifer
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ranunculus ficaria
Flower petals usually narrow and not contiguous, per Ranunculus ficaria L. sensu lato (Sell 1994).
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