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Ranunculaceae: Buttercup

Genus  (Click for Taxon List)	WI Taxa (map link)	Photo	Genus Traits	Google Searches
Aconitum aconite, monk's-hood, wolf-bane	2		Irregular, purple flower with helmet-like top. Leaves palmately divided.	Images   Information
Actaea baneberry, cohosh, necklace-weed	3		Many white stamens, flowers several, in ball-like cluster. Leaves divided with distinct leaflets. Fruit berries	Images   Information
Anemone anemone, lily-of-the-field, wind-flower	11		White, pink, purple flowers with 4-20 petal-like sepals. Basal leaves deeply lobed but not separate leaflets. Fruit achene	Images   Information
Aquilegia columbine	2		5 upward pointing spurs.	Images   Information
Caltha marsh-marigold	2		Yellow or white flowers of wet areas. Leaves broad, heart-shaped, not divided.	Images   Information
Clematis clematis, leather-flower, virgin's-bower	2		Woody vine	Images   Information
Consolida consolida, knight's-spur	1		Irregular, purple flower with spurred upper petal.	Images   Information
Coptis gold-thread	1		White flowers 4-7 petal-like sepals. Leaves 3-parted, basal.	Images   Information
Delphinium larkspur	2		Irregular, white (purple) flower with spur on top. Leaves palmately divided	Images   Information
Enemion false rue anemone	1		White flowers not small. Leaves several times 3-parted with distinct, 3 lobed leaflets.	Images   Information
Hydrastis goldenseal	1		Many white stamens, flowers solitary. Leaves undivided, broad. Fruit berries.	Images   Information
Myosurus mouse's-tail	1		Linear, basal leaves. Small, solitary flower.	Images   Information
Ranunculus buttercup, crowfoot, spearwort	24		Mostly yellow, few white flowers with usually 5 well developed petals. Leaves broader, alternate.	Images   Information
Thalictrum meadow-rue	5		Whitish, 4-5 petal-like sepals. Leaves several times 3-parted with distinct leaflets. Fruit veined or ribbed	Images   Information