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Hairy Buttercup

Ranunculus sarduous L.

Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family)

 

seedling

 

young plants

▲ leaves

 

▲▼flowering plants

 

 

▲▼flowering plants

 

flowering plants

 

root area

 

▲▼flowers

 

 

seed production on mature plant

Hairy Buttercup: 

·         annual with alternate, palmately-divided simple, non-hairy leaves

·         grows 1-2' tall; base of plant is swollen; stems are hollow

·         flowers are 5-petalled, bright yellow, in mid to late spring; sepals bend down under flower

·         found in pastures, roadsides, non-crop areas

·         may be somewhat poisonous to livestock

 

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