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Photographer: Botanical Illustration
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Family Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus hispidus Michx. var. nitidus (Chapm.) T.Duncan
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: | drooping to creeping perennial, 5"-10" tall forb; stems arching back to the ground and occasionally rooting at the node |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-8-parted, 1" wide, normally 5 sepals reflexed just above the base, 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 with almost winged margin, lance-shaped mostly straight beak  |
| 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: | wet; lowlands forests, meadows |
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