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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus recurvatus Poir. var. recurvatus
blisterwort, hooked buttercup
Ranunculus: from Latin rana, "little frog," because many species tend to grow in moist places
recurvatus: recurved
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 8"-28" tall forb; stems with a few branches |
| Flower: | pale yellow, 5-parted, 1/4"-1/2" wide, normally 5 sepals, petals thinly-oblong and about same length as the sepals; a few solitary flowers; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | dry seed |
| Leaf: | basal and stem leaves much the same shape, all but top-most stalked, widely-rounded to kidney-shaped, deeply 3-5 lobed to below the middle |
| Habitat: | dry to moist; woods |
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