*Ranunculus parviflorus Linnaeus. Subgenus: Ranunculus. Section: Ranunculus. Common name: Small-flowered Buttercup, Stickseed Crowfoot. Phenology: Feb-Jul. Habitat: Disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Europe
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, Fl2, FNA3, G, GW2, Il, K4, Mo3, NcTx, NS, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, Keener & Hoot (1987), Keener (1976). Basionym: Ranunculus parviflorus L. 1758
Links to other floras: = Ranunculus parviflorus - 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 ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to ascending, tufted annual of lawns, fields, roadsides and other open, disturbed areas. Native of Europe.
Stems: Stems branched from base and with few upper branches, hairy.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate (sheathing at base and hairy), 1-1 1/2 in. long, palmately divided into 3-5 lobes that are coarsely toothed (often with whitish tips) and hairy on both surfaces.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers 1-few in upper leaf axils, at first nearly sessile and hidden but stalk grows as fruit matures; yellowish-green; consisting of yellowish-green and reflexed sepals (petals absent or tiny).
Fruits: Fruit a roundish clump of tiny, flattened achenes with bumpy surfaces and hooked beaks.
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Height: 4-8 in.
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description: Erect to ascending, tufted annual of lawns, fields, roadsides and other open, disturbed areas. Native of Europe.
stems: Stems branched from base and with few upper branches, hairy.
leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate (sheathing at base and hairy), 1-1 1/2 in. long, palmately divided into 3-5 lobes that are coarsely toothed (often with whitish tips) and hairy on both surfaces.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers 1-few in upper leaf axils, at first nearly sessile and hidden but stalk grows as fruit matures; yellowish-green; consisting of yellowish-green and reflexed sepals (petals absent or tiny).
fruits: Fruit a roundish clump of tiny, flattened achenes with bumpy surfaces and hooked beaks.
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