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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus lapponicus L.
Lapland buttercup
Ranunculus: from Latin rana, "little frog," because many species tend to grow in moist places
lapponicus: Latin name for a bur, rough
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| Status: | Endangered |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-8" tall forb; elongated rhizomes with one stem per node |
| Flower: | yellow, 7 or more-parted, 1/3"-1/2", normally 3 sepals, petals linear and longer than the sepals; solitary, stalked flowers; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | dry seed |
| Leaf: | 1 to 2 basal leaves, long-stalked, kidney shaped, deeply 3-parted; none to 1 smaller, short-stalked stem leaf |
| Habitat: | wet; cold cedar swamps |
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