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Learn more about Bulbous Buttercup from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ranunculus bulbosus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus bulbosus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-13-017:
Ranunculus bulbosus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
COMMON NAME:
Bulbous Buttercup
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JK Marlow jkm120405_553
April Pickens County SC
Flowers 1" wide with 5 glossy yellow obovate petals and reflexed sepals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm160421_301
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Petals 8-16mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm160421_304
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
May be recognized by its erect, hairy stem, bulbously thickened at base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm160421_306
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Stems cormose-thickened at the base (vs. R. acris not cormose-thickened), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
JK Marlow jkm180427_1501
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Larger leaves pinnately 3-5-parted, the terminal segment longstalked, per Weakley's Flora (2015).