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Photographer: Robert Bierman
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Family Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus ficaria L.
fig buttercup, lesser celandine
Ranunculus: from Latin rana, "little frog," because many species tend to grow in moist places
ficaria: like figs
Hazardous 
Invasive - Eradicate!
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| Status: | Introduced - escaped; ecologically invasive |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-12" tall forb; with a tuberous cluster of roots |
| Flower: | yellow, 8-12-parted, 3/4"-1" wide, normally 3-4 green sepals, petals narrowly oblong with wider tips |
| Fruit: | dry seed,  |
| Leaf: | long stalked; heart-shaped, blunt, often with bulblets in the axils; lower leaves opposite |
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