Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ranunculus muricatus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ramu2_001_lvd
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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
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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