OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ranunculus parviflorus   FAMILY Ranunculaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus parviflorus   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Ranunculus parviflorus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-13-001:

Ranunculus parviflorus   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ranunculus parviflorus

 

COMMON NAME:
Small-flowered Buttercup, Stickseed Crowfoot


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image of Ranunculus parviflorus, Small-flowered Buttercup, Stickseed Crowfoot

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_rapa3_001_lvd

        

image of Ranunculus parviflorus, Small-flowered Buttercup, Stickseed Crowfoot

JK Marlow    jkm120310_278

March    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Ranunculus parviflorus, Small-flowered Buttercup, Stickseed Crowfoot

JK Marlow    jkm120406_630

April    Greenville County    SC

Single axillary flower from the base of the newest leaves, per www.missouriplants.com

image of Ranunculus parviflorus, Small-flowered Buttercup, Stickseed Crowfoot

JK Marlow    jkm120406_634

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Ranunculus parviflorus, Small-flowered Buttercup, Stickseed Crowfoot

JK Marlow    jkm210404_9120

April    Greenville County    SC

A weed in lawns and waste areas, soft-hairy, with flowers only 1/8" across, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Ranunculus parviflorus, Small-flowered Buttercup, Stickseed Crowfoot

JK Marlow    jkm210404_9127

April    Greenville County    SC

Cespitose, villous, winter annual; stems diffuse, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Ranunculus parviflorus, Small-flowered Buttercup, Stickseed Crowfoot

JK Marlow    jkm210404_9128

April    Greenville County    SC

Easy to identify in the field because of its minute flowers & hairy stems, per www.missouriplants.com

image of Ranunculus parviflorus, Small-flowered Buttercup, Stickseed Crowfoot

JK Marlow    s040415_c

April    Greenville County    SC

Flowers sessile at first but quickly becoming pedunculate, per www.missouriplants.com

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ranunculus parviflorus   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus parviflorus   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Ranunculus parviflorus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-13-001:
Ranunculus parviflorus   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ranunculus parviflorus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3217

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common (rare in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Basal leaves mostly deeply parted or compound; stem leaves less so, or simple
Basal & alternate
Basal leaves have long petioles.

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals (or petals absent)
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers solitary in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes

 

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