Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-13-014:
Ranunculus recurvatus FAMILY Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ranunculus recurvatus
COMMON NAME:
Hooked Buttercup, Hooked Crowfoot
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Herb Amyx her_5012arrecurvatus
April Wake County NC
The common name is derived from the strongly hooked beak of the achene, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
fruits that are an aggregate of achenes
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JK Marlow jkm0404y_34
April Polk County NC
Lvs hairy, deeply 3-cleft to below middle, lateral segments lobed & toothed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm060429_003
April Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
Leaf deeply 3-cleft, the segments broad & toothed & with stiff hairs, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm110416_857b
April Etowah County AL
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JK Marlow jkm120403_406
April Henderson County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Petals about as long as the sepals, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm120403_410
April Henderson County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
A few-branched perennial 8-28" tall with sparsely hairy stems, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120407_728
April Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200409_3648
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Petals are 0.15-0.25" long, shorter than or equal to sepals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-13-014:
Ranunculus recurvatus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ranunculus recurvatus
1207
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Bottomland forests, cove forests, swamps, mesic slope forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare in GA Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Simple: mostly 3-lobed or 3-parted
Basal & low alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals, shorter than or equal to the sepals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in leaf axils, solitary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p204
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p263
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p077
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p306
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p042
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p063
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p048
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p252
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