Flower ID: IMG_0289.JPG-05-07-2017 Flower name (scientific): Ranunculus hispidus André Michaux PY: 1803. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) ra-NUN-ku-lus (or ra-NUN-kul-us or ruh-NUNK-ew-lus) HIS-pi-dus (or HISS-pih-dus) Flower name (common): Swamp Buttercup Family name (common): Buttercup (Crowfoot) Family name (scientific): Ranunculaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: Latin for little frog. Referencing the moist habitat where many species grow. Specific epithet: Bristly with stiff hairs. Common name origin: Refers to the common habitat and the yellow cup-shaped flowers. Flower description: Size: 0.5 to 1.0 inches (1.3 to 2.5 cm) Petal count: 5 usually (up to 12) Color: Yellow Other: flower arrangement, Solitary Plant description: Size: 6 to 36 inches (15 to 91 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is basal and alternate, type is compound Size: Basal leaves up to 14 cm long and 17 cm wide. Leaflets up to 8 to 10 cm long and wide. Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, (basal) 3-foliolate, leaflet, ultimate segments narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate (FNA) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): May to June Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Forests, prairies, woods, streambanks, marshes, part shade, moist. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Ranunculus fascicularis (Early Buttercup) has a resemblance. The latter is generally a smaller plant, about 5 to 12 inches tall, leaflets typically not sharply pointed, whereas Ranunculus hispidus is around 6 to 20 inches tall, and leaflets typically sharply pointed. R. sardous (Hairy Buttercup) also has some resemblance, but this is a more southern species, not reported in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, and Iowa, but present in Illinois. This latter species has a fairly hairy stem, as the common name might suggest. Ethnobotany: No recorded uses by tribes from Wisconsin. The Iroquois used this plant as a treatment for toothache (Moerman, p. 468, 1998). Latitude: 44.798443 Longitude: -91.515410 Altitude: 245.70 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac, Forest, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee, La Crosse, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV) In Canada: (LB, MB, NB, NT, ON, PE, QC) References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym:Ranunculus hispidus var. hispidus (The other infraspecific is Ranunculus hispidus var. caricetorum (Greene) T. Duncan which is recorded from the north eastern states and provinces of the US and Canada.)