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Common Name:
Mousetail
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Myosurus minimus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Myosurus minimus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Myosurus minimus 076-12-001 FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Usually in disturbed areas, such as fields in floodplains
Uncommon in NC & in SC Piedmont, rare elsewhere in GA & SC
Original distribution unclear
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Common Name:
Small-flowered Buttercup, Stickseed Crowfoot
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ranunculus parviflorus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus parviflorus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ranunculus parviflorus 076-13-001 FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Common (rare in Mountains)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
spinyfruit buttercup, Roughseed Buttercup
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Ranunculus muricatus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus muricatus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ranunculus muricatus 076-13-002 FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Ditches and marshes
Rare
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: Corn Crowfoot, Hungerweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ranunculus arvensis FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus arvensis FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ranunculus arvensis var. arvensis 076-13-003a FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Sardinian Buttercup, Hairy Buttercup
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ranunculus sardous FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus sardous FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ranunculus sardous 076-13-004 FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Low fields, disturbed areas
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name: Water-plantain Crowfoot, Water-plantain Spearwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ranunculus ambigens FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus ambigens FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ranunculus ambigens 076-13-006 FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Marshes, swampy forests
Rare (historically in NC, but not recently seen)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Coastal Plain Spearwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ranunculus laxicaulis FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus laxicaulis FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ranunculus laxicaulis 076-13-007 FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Marshes, swamps, tidal cypress swamps
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Low Spearwort, Small Spearwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ranunculus pusillus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus pusillus var. pusillus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ranunculus pusillus 076-13-008 FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Marshes, ditches, other wet habitats
Common (uncommon in GA-NC Mountains, rare in SC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Mountain Crowfoot, Allegheny Buttercup
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ranunculus allegheniensis FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus allegheniensis FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ranunculus allegheniensis 076-13-009 FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Cove forests, rich forested slopes, sometimes in drier forests on calcareous or mafic substrates
Uncommon in NC, rare in SC
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name: Small-flowered Buttercup, Rock Buttercup
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ranunculus micranthus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus micranthus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ranunculus micranthus 076-13-010 FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Rich bottomland forests, also upslope on mesic to dry forests and rock outcrops over mafic or calcareous substrates
Rare in NC
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name: Harvey's Buttercup, Harvey's Crowfoot
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Ranunculus harveyi FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus harveyi FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Forests, savannas, shaley bluffs, and prairies, mostly on acidic substrates
Native: north & west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Kidneyleaf Buttercup, Early Wood Buttercup, Small-flowered Buttercup, Kidneyleaf Crowfoot
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ranunculus abortivus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus abortivus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ranunculus abortivus 076-13-011 FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Bottomland and other moist forests, low fields, disturbed areas, lawns, roadsides
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Cursed Buttercup, Celery-leaf Crowfoot, Cursed Crowfoot
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ranunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ranunculus sceleratus 076-13-013 FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Marshes, ditches, and stream margins
Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hooked Buttercup, Hooked Crowfoot
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ranunculus recurvatus 076-13-014 FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Bottomland forests, cove forests, swamps, mesic slope forests
Common (uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Creeping Buttercup, Meg-many-feet
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ranunculus repens FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus repens FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ranunculus repens 076-13-015 FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Low meadows, disturbed areas
Uncommon in NC (rare in GA & SC)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Tall Buttercup, Bitter Buttercup
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ranunculus acris FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus acris var. acris FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ranunculus acris 076-13-016 FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Pastures, fields, roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas
Uncommon in Carolina Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Bulbous Buttercup
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ranunculus bulbosus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus bulbosus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ranunculus bulbosus 076-13-017 FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in GA & SC Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Carolina Buttercup, Swamp Buttercup
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) 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): Ranunculus carolinianus 076-13-018 FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Swamp forests, wet woodlands, open marshy wetlands
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hispid Buttercup, Hairy Buttercup
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ranunculus hispidus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus hispidus var. hispidus FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ranunculus hispidus 076-13-019 FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Rich moist forests, creekbanks, mesic to dry woodlands and forests, bottomlands
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Northern Swamp Buttercup, Marsh Buttercup
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Ranunculus caricetorum FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus hispidus var. caricetorum FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Swampy forests and marshes
Native: north of the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Early Buttercup, Thick-root Butterdup
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Ranunculus fascicularis FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus fascicularis FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Wet flats with prairie affinities (with Camassia scilloides), rocky barrens and glades over mafic rocks (such as gabbro or diabase), ultramafic outcrop barrens (over olivine), limestone barrens, prairies, oak savannas
Rare, scattered and disjunct in our area
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus ficaria FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Disturbed rich forests and bottomlands, mesic suburban forests, lawns, naturalized locally from horticultural plantings
Uncommon
Non-native: east central & southeast Europe
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Common Name: Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ficaria verna ssp. chrysocephala FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus ficaria FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Non-native: eastern Mediterranean Europe
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Common Name: Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ficaria verna ssp. fertilis FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus ficaria FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Non-native: western Europe
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Common Name:
Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ficaria verna ssp. ficariiformis FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus ficaria FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Disturbed rich forests and bottomlands, mesic suburban forests, lawns, naturalized locally from horticultural plantings
Rare, naturalized locally from horticultural plantings
Non-native: central & western Mediterranean Europe
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Common Name:
Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ficaria verna ssp. verna FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Ranunculus ficaria FAMILY: Ranunculaceae
Habitat: Disturbed rich forests and bottomlands, mesic suburban forests, lawns, naturalized locally from horticultural plantings
Rare, naturalized locally from horticultural plantings
Non-native: Europe
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