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Ranunculus muricatus
Ranunculus muricatus
Spinyfruit Buttercup
Photographer: Gerald and Buff Corsi
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 6666 6666 0914 0106 (2014-09-09)

Copyright © 2014 California Academy of Sciences

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Mar 26, 2013
  • location   Pepperwood Preserve (Sonoma County, California, US)
  • notes   Ranunculus muricatus is a species of buttercup known by the common name spinyfruit buttercup. It is native to Europe, but it can be found in many other places in the world, including parts of Africa, Australia, and the western and eastern United States, as an introduced species and agricultural and roadside weed. It grows in wet habitats, such as irrigation ditches. It is an annual or sometimes biennial herb producing a mostly hairless stem up to half a meter long which may grow erect or recumbent along the ground.
  • CalAcademy slide #   Prickle-fruited Buttercup 130326 _D331953
  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
  • original filename: Prickle-fruited Buttercup 130326 _D331953.jpg

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Spinyfruit Buttercup, Prickle-fruited Buttercup (photographer)
  • Look for Jepson Manual treatments, maps (University & Jepson Herbaria)
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