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Your search found 82 taxa in the family Ranunculaceae, Buttercup family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Yellowroot
Look for it on streambanks & riverbanks
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Eastern Columbine, Canada Columbine
Look for it in forests, woodlands, rock outcrops, esp (though by no means entirely) on calcareous or mafic substrates
Common (rare in Coastal Plain of GA, NC, SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Look for it in disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Dwarf Larkspur
Look for it in rich, moist forests, esp over mafic or calcareous rocks, less commonly on very fertile alluvial deposits, usually in deep shade
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Prairie Larkspur, Carolina Larkspur, Blue Larkspur
Look for it in rocky woodlands, on granite outcrops, Altamaha Grit outcrops, blackland prairies, moist sandy woodlands associated with longleaf pine
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Glade Larkspur
Look for it in limestone glades
Rare (an endemic)
Native to Georgia
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Look for it in dry to moist soils over calcareous (such as dolostone, esp Elbrook Formation) or mafic rocks (such as amphibolite, metagabbro, greenstone, and diabase) usually in the open (as grassy balds) or on forest edges in partial sun
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Appalachian Blue Monkshood, Eastern Blue Monkshood
Look for it in seepages, cove forests, other moist forests
Uncommon (rare in GA-SC) (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Look for it in rich cove forests, particularly along brookbanks, in seepages, and in periglacial boulderfields with seepage, primarily over mafic rocks (such as amphibolite, metagabbro, or greenstone), rarely over sandstone or granitic rocks
Rare, endemic to the Southern and Central Appalachians
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Marsh-marigold, Cowslip
Look for it in bogs, wet meadows, seepage swamps, brookbanks
Rare in NC
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
False Rue-anemone, Isopyrum
Look for it in rich forests, either on natural levees with very nutrient-rich sediments or on slopes with underlying mafic rocks
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Doll's-eyes, White Baneberry, White Cohosh
Look for it in rich cove forests and slopes
Common (rare in Piedmont & Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Black Cohosh, Early Black Cohosh, Black Snakeroot
Look for it in rich cove forests, other mesic & moderately to very fertile forests
Common (rare in Coastal Plain of NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mountain Black Cohosh, American Cohosh, Late Black Cohosh
Look for it in rich cove forests and slopes, at moderate to high elevations
Uncommon (rare in SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Curlyheads
Look for it in dry woodlands and woodland borders, generally over mafic or calcarous rocks, such as diabase, gabbro, or calcareous silstone
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain & Mountains, rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fremont's Leatherflower
Look for it in calcareous flatwoods and limestone glades
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Alabama Leatherflower
Look for it in wet calcareous flatwoods
Rare, endemic to three counties in GA-AL
Native to Georgia
Look for it in shale barrens
Uncommon, endemic to VA-WV
Native: north of the Carolinas
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Look for it in rocky, calcareous woodlands, bluffs, and cliffs
Native: north & west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Look for it in shale barrens and shaly woodlands
Rare, endemic to VA
Native: north of the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Southern Leatherflower, Marsh Clematis, Swamp Leatherflower, Blue Jasmine
Look for it in marshes, swamps, floodplain forests, disturbed wet or moist areas
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont & Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Look for it in dry sandy woodlands, such as longleaf pine sandhills and dry hammocks
Uncommon
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine
Look for it in mesic forests, woodlands, thickets, esp over mafic rocks
Common (rare in Coastal Plain south of VA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
White-leaved Leatherflower
Look for it in wet hammocks, habitat in our area poorly known, also probably in dry woodlands or openings over calcareous rocks, and according to the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas in "rich woods"
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Sweet Autumn Clematis, Yam-leaved Clematis, Sweet Autumn Virgin's Bower
Look for it in disturbed areas
Uncommon
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
Virgin's Bower
Look for it in moist forests, thickets, & openings
Common (rare in Coastal Plain south of VA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Coastal Virgin's Bower, Satin-curls, Climbing Clematis
Look for it on dunes and interdune swales with abundant shell hash, calcareous woodlands and thickets, calcareous hammocks
Uncommon (rare in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mountain Clematis, Purple Clematis
Look for it on rocky slopes over mafic rocks (greenstone, amphibolite) (known positively in NC only from amphibolite peaks in Ashe County)
Rare
Native to North Carolina
Non-native: southern Europe & northern Africa
Look for it in disturbed areas, where it can be persistent after cultivation
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
Windflower, Rue-anemone
Look for it in moist forests
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mountain Meadowrue, Lady-rue
Look for it in seepages, moist forests, spray cliffs at waterfalls, brookbanks
Common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont, endemic to the Southern Appalachians
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Appalachian Meadowrue, Maid of the Mist
Look for it in rich forests
Uncommon (rare in GA-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Early Meadowrue
Look for it in seepages, moist forests
Common in Mountains (uncommon in NC Piedmont, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Skunk Meadowrue, Waxy Meadowrue
Look for it in mesic to dry forests, woodlands, barrens, and prairies, over hornblende, greenstone, dolostone, and serpentinized olivine
Common (rare in Coastal Plain, uncommon in GA Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Small-flowered Meadowrue, Small-leaved Meadowrue
Look for it in moist places, perhaps associated with circumneutral soils, moist to dry ultramafic outcrop barrens (over olivine), tidal freshwater marshes, rarely pineland seepages with calcareous substrate
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Tall Meadowrue, King-of-the-meadow, Late Meadowrue
Look for it in bogs, marshes, wet forests
Common in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Appalachian Tall Meadowrue
Look for it in seepage areas
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Look for it in forests, woodlands, and prairies
Rare
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Trailing Meadowrue
Look for it in moist to wet forests over limestone
Rare
Native to Georgia
Common Name:
Columbine Meadowrue
Non-native
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Common Name:
Mousetail
Look for it usually in disturbed areas, such as fields in floodplains
Uncommon
Original distribution unclear
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Common Name:
Small-flowered Buttercup, Stickseed Crowfoot
Look for it in disturbed areas
Common (rare in Mountains)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
spinyfruit buttercup, Roughseed Buttercup
Look for it in ditches and marshes
Rare
Non-native: Europe
Look for it in fields, disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Sardinian Buttercup, Hairy Buttercup
Look for it in low fields, disturbed areas
Uncommon (rare in NC-SC Mountains)
Non-native: Europe
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Look for it in marshes
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Look for it in marshes, swamps, tidal cypress swamps
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Low Spearwort
Look for it in marshes, ditches, other wet habitats
Common (uncommon in GA-NC Mountains, rare in SC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Look for it in cove forests, on rich forested slopes
Uncommon in NC, rare in SC
Native to the Carolinas
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Look for it in rich forests
Rare in NC
Native to North Carolina
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Look for it in forests and prairies
Native: north & west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Kidneyleaf Buttercup, Small-flowered Buttercup, Kidney-leaved Crowfoot, Small-flowered Crowfoot
Look for it in low fields, disturbed areas, bottomlands, lawns, roadsides
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain south of VA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Cursed Buttercup, Celery-leaf Crowfoot, Cursed Crowfoot
Look for it in marshes, ditches, and stream margins
Uncommon in NC-SC, rare in GA
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hooked Buttercup, Hooked Crowfoot
Look for it in bottomland forests, cove forests, swamps, mesic slope forests
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Creeping Buttercup
Look for it in low meadows, disturbed areas
Uncommon in NC Mountains & Piedmont, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Tall Buttercup, Bitter Buttercup
Look for it in pastures, fields, on roadsides, in disturbed areas
Common in NC Mtns & SC Coastal Plain (otherwise uncommon in NC, rare in GA & SC)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Bulbous Buttercup
Look for it in fields, on roadsides, in disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in GA & SC Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Carolina Buttercup, Swamp Buttercup
Look for it in swamp forests, wet woodlands, open marshy wetlands
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hispid Buttercup, Hairy Buttercup
Look for it in rich moist forests, creekbanks, mesic to dry woodlands and forests, bottomlands
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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