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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus repens L.
creeping buttercup
Ranunculus: from Latin rana, "little frog," because many species tend to grow in moist places
repens: having creeping and rooting stems
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| Status: | Introduced - locally established |
| Plant: | creeping, perennial, 5"-10" tall forb forming large patches |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 1/2"-1 1/8" wide, normally 5 sepals, petals 2/3 as wide as long with rounded tips; solitary, stalked flowers; blooms April-July |
| Fruit: | dry seed with a narrow margin and usually with a curved, triangular beak  |
| Leaf: | basal and stem leaves much the same shape, stalked, deeply 3-parted into roundish to oblong lobes with sharp teeth, the end lobe stalked |
| Habitat: | lawns, wet meadows |
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