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bristly buttercup

Photo is of parent taxon

bristly buttercup

Stems

decumbent, sometimes rooting at nodes.

erect or nearly erect, never rooting at nodes.

Flowers

sepals reflexed 1 mm above base.

sepals spreading or reflexed from base.

Achene

margin 0.4-1.2 mm broad.

margin 0.1-0.2 mm broad.

2n

= 32.

= 32.

Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus

Ranunculus hispidus var. hispidus

Phenology Flowering late winter–summer (Mar–Jul). Flowering late winter–fall (Mar–Oct).
Habitat Wet woods, swamps, ditches Dry woods, grasslands, roadbanks
Elevation 0-200 m (0-700 ft) 0-1200 m (0-3900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; DC; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MD; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; NE; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; SD; TN; TX; VA; WI; WV; ON
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from FNA
AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; MA; MD; MI; MO; MS; NC; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; VA; VT; WV; ON
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 3. FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Ranunculus > Ranunculus hispidus Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Ranunculus > sect. Ranunculus > Ranunculus hispidus
Sibling taxa
R. hispidus var. caricetorum, R. hispidus var. hispidus
R. hispidus var. caricetorum, R. hispidus var. nitidus
Synonyms R. repens var. nitidus, R. carolinianus, R. palmatus, R. septentrionalis var. pterocarpus R. hispidus var. eurylobus, R. hispidus var. falsus, R. hispidus var. greenmanii, R. hispidus var. marilandicus
Name authority (Chapman) T. Duncan: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 77: 44. (1980) unknown
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