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Family Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus hispidus Michx. var. hispidus
[Excluded] bristly buttercup, hispid buttercup, rough buttercup
Ranunculus: from Latin rana, "little frog," because many species tend to grow in moist places
hispidus: fine-hairy
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| Status: | Excluded |
| Plant: | erect, perennial forb, very hairy |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-8-parted, normally 5 reflexed sepals, petal widest above the middle and the same to 2 times as long as the sepal; solitary, stalked flowers; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | dry seed |
| Leaf: | basal and stem leaves much the same shape with basal the largest; mostly 3-parted into deep lobes which are then cut or toothed |
| Habitat: | medium moisture to well drained; upland |
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