Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ranunculus septentrionalis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)
Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus
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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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 (4/14/23):
Ranunculus septentrionalis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus
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
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