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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex J.M.Bigelow
early buttercup, thick-root buttercup
Ranunculus: from Latin rana, "little frog," because many species tend to grow in moist places
fascicularis: meaning "of bundles"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 5"-10" tall forb |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-7-parted, 1/2"-1" wide, normally 5 sepals; petals narrow, widest near or below the middle; blooms April-May |
| Fruit: | dry seeds  in a roundish cluster |
| Leaf: | mostly basal, longer than wide and deeply lobed with the end segment stalked, all segments deeply lobed; 1-3 smaller, less divided stem leaves |
| Habitat: | dry; woods, prairies |
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