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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus hispidus Michx.
bristly buttercup, hispid buttercup, rough buttercup
Ranunculus: from Latin rana, "little frog," because many species tend to grow in moist places
hispidus: fine-hairy
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect to creeping, perennial, 6"-36" tall, hairy forb, occasionally rooting at the node |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-8-parted, 1/2"-1" wide, normally 5 sepals, petals widest above the middle and the same to 2 times as long as the sepals; solitary, stalked flowers; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | dry seed with ribbed to almost winged margin, lance-shaped mostly straight beak |
| Leaf: | basal and stem leaves much the same shape with basal the largest, wider than long, mostly 3-parted into deep lobes which are then cut or toothed, the end segment stalked |
| Habitat: | medium moisture to moist; upland, lowland, swamps, marshes |
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