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Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus

not marked as a favorite taxon *Ranunculus bulbosus Linnaeus. Common name: Bulbous Buttercup, St. Anthony’s Turnip. Phenology: Apr-Jul. Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Europe.

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Subgenus: Ranunculus. Section: Polyanthemos.

Origin/Endemic status: Europe

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, FNA3, GrPl, GW2, Il, K1, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NS, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV, Keener (1976); > Ranunculus bulbosus L. ssp. bulbosus — POWO; > Ranunculus bulbosus L. var. bulbosus — F; > Ranunculus bulbosus L. var. dissectus Barbey — F; > Ranunculus bulbosus L. var. valdepubens (Jord.) Briq. — F. Basionym: Ranunculus bulbosus L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Ranunculus bulbosus - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FAC
  • Midwest: FAC
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, clumped perennial from corms, found in fields, pastures, lawns, roadsides and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe.

Stems: Stems bulbous at base, with forking branches, hairy.

Leaves: Basal leaves petiolate, 1-2 in. long, deeply divided into 3 further lobed/toothed segments (only the terminal segment stalked); stem leaves alternate, few, smaller, less divided.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers solitary on long stalks, bright yellow, 1-1 1/4 in. wide. Each consisting of 5 yellowish-green, broadly lance-shaped and tightly reflexed sepals that are furry on the outside; 5-7 bright yellow, erect-spreading, oblong-oval petals; and a central cluster of green ovaries surrounded by stamens.

Fruits: Fruit an oval cluster cluster of tiny beaked achenes.

Comments:

Height: 8-24 in.

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description: Erect, clumped perennial from corms, found in fields, pastures, lawns, roadsides and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe.

stems: Stems bulbous at base, with forking branches, hairy.

leaves: Basal leaves petiolate, 1-2 in. long, deeply divided into 3 further lobed/toothed segments (only the terminal segment stalked); stem leaves alternate, few, smaller, less divided.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers solitary on long stalks, bright yellow, 1-1 1/4 in. wide. Each consisting of 5 yellowish-green, broadly lance-shaped and tightly reflexed sepals that are furry on the outside; 5-7 bright yellow, erect-spreading, oblong-oval petals; and a central cluster of green ovaries surrounded by stamens.

fruits: Fruit an oval cluster cluster of tiny beaked achenes.

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native range: Europe