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Photographer: Derek Anderson
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Family Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus rhomboideus Goldie
prairie buttercup, prairie crowfoot
Ranunculus: from Latin rana, "little frog," because many species tend to grow in moist places
rhomboideus: diamond-shaped
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 2"-8" tall forb hairy throughout |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 1/3"-2/3" wide, normally 5 sepals, petals oblong to elliptical and much longer than the sepals; few to several solitary flowers; blooms April-May |
| Fruit: | dry seed,  in roundish cluster |
| Leaf: | basal and stem leaves very different; basal leaves oblong to widely-oval, long-stalked; stem leaves stalkless, deeply lobed into linear segments |
| Habitat: | full to partial sun; dry; prairies, woods |
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