OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ranunculus muricatus   FAMILY Ranunculaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus muricatus   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ranunculus muricatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Ranunculus muricatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)

Ranunculus muricatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-13-002:

Ranunculus muricatus   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ranunculus muricatus

 

COMMON NAME:
spinyfruit buttercup, Roughseed Buttercup


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image of Ranunculus muricatus, spinyfruit buttercup, Roughseed Buttercup

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ramu2_001_lvd

        

image of Ranunculus muricatus, spinyfruit buttercup, Roughseed Buttercup

Keith Bradley    kab_r_muricatus_2847

March    Lexington County    SC

Sepals 3-5mm long; petals 5-7mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ranunculus muricatus   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus muricatus   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ranunculus muricatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ranunculus muricatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Ranunculus muricatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-13-002:
Ranunculus muricatus   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ranunculus muricatus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4119

Forb
Winter annual (Biennial/Perennial?)

Habitat: Ditches and marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
Basal leaves have long petioles.
Margins coarsely crenate

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Flowers have pedicels.
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes

 

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