Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ranunculus parviflorus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus parviflorus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Ranunculus parviflorus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-13-001:
Ranunculus parviflorus FAMILY Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ranunculus parviflorus
COMMON NAME:
Small-flowered Buttercup, Stickseed Crowfoot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rapa3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120310_278
March Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120406_630
April Greenville County SC
Single axillary flower from the base of the newest leaves, per www.missouriplants.com
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JK Marlow jkm120406_634
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210404_9120
April Greenville County SC
A weed in lawns and waste areas, soft-hairy, with flowers only 1/8" across, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm210404_9127
April Greenville County SC
Cespitose, villous, winter annual; stems diffuse, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm210404_9128
April Greenville County SC
Easy to identify in the field because of its minute flowers & hairy stems, per www.missouriplants.com
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JK Marlow s040415_c
April Greenville County SC
Flowers sessile at first but quickly becoming pedunculate, per www.missouriplants.com
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ranunculus parviflorus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus parviflorus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Ranunculus parviflorus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-13-001:
Ranunculus parviflorus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ranunculus parviflorus
3217
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common (rare in Mountains)
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LEAVES:
Basal leaves mostly deeply parted or compound; stem leaves less so, or simple
Basal & alternate
Basal leaves have long petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals (or petals absent)
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p263
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p063
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p048
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