Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ranunculus hispidus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Hispid Buttercup from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus hispidus var. hispidus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-13-019:
Ranunculus hispidus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
COMMON NAME:
Hispid Buttercup, Hairy Buttercup
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March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Leaves are deeply 3-lobed or sometimes trifoliate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Leaves, 2-4" wide, on long hairy stalks, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Sepals usually spreading, to 9mm long [shorter than petals], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Petals usually obovate, to 15mm long [longer than sepals], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7304
April Rabun County GA
Leaves deeply lobed or divided, broader than long but extremely variable, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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April Rabun County GA
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April Rabun County GA
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April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210426_9821
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0066
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Fruit an aggregate of green achenes with elongate beaks, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
fruits that are an aggregate of achenes
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ranunculus hispidus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus hispidus var. hispidus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-13-019:
Ranunculus hispidus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
1206
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain)
Look for it in rich moist forests, creekbanks, mesic to dry woodlands and forests, bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Larger leaves: mostly palmately 3-foliolate, terminal leaflet about the same size as lateral leaflets
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
3-5 sepals, usually spreading
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Greenish
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p010
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p242
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p106
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p262
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p066
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p041
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p062
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p049