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Ranunculus muricatus
L.
Family:
Ranunculaceae
Spiny-Fruit Buttercup,
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spinyfruit buttercup
mattdoux
FNA
Resources
Alan T. Whittemore in Flora of North America (vol. 3)
Stems reclining or erect, glabrous or sparsely pilose. Basal and lower cauline leaf blades broadly cordate to reniform or semicircular, undivided or 3-lobed, 2-5 × 3-6.5 cm, base rounded to cordate, margins coarsely crenate, apex rounded. Flowers pedicellate; receptacle hispid; sepals 5, reflexed, 4-7 × 2-3 mm, sparsely bristly; petals 5, 4-8 × 2-4.5 mm. Heads of achenes globose, 13-16 × 13-16 mm; achenes 10-20 per head, 5-5.5 × 3-3.5 mm, faces covered with long spines, glabrous, margin smooth; beak lanceolate, curved, 2-2.5 mm. Flowering spring (Mar-Jun). Fields and roadsides; 0-2000 m; introduced; Ala., Ark., Calif., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., Oreg., S.C., Tex., Wash.; South America; native to Eurasia; Africa; Pacific Islands; Australia.
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