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Learn more about Carolina Buttercup from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-13-018:

Ranunculus carolinianus   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ranunculus palmatus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ranunculus septentrionalis

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Buttercup, Swamp Buttercup

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_rase_001_lvd

        

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_ranunculus_hispidus1

May    Richmond County    NC

Stems smooth, weak, reclining. Lower leaves divided, leaflets broad-lobed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Ranunculus septentrionalis   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-13-018:
Ranunculus carolinianus   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ranunculus palmatus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ranunculus septentrionalis