Flower ID: IMG_0408.JPG-05-19-2017 Flower name (scientific): Ranunculus recurvatus Poiret PY: 1804. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) ra-NUN-ku-lus (or ra-NUN-kul-us or ruh-NUNK-ew-lus) rek-er-VAY-us (or rek-er-VAH-tus) Flower name (common): Hooked 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: To bend or curve backwards. Common name origin: From the hooked tips of the fruits and the yellow flowers, though they are not really cup-shaped. Flower description: Size: 0.2 to 0.5 inches (0.5 to 1.3 cm) Petal count: 5 Color: Yellow Other: flower arrangement, Solitary Plant description: Erect Size: 8 to 28 inches (20 to 71 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is basal and alternate, type is simple and lobed Size: Basal leaves up to 8 cm long and 12 cm wide. Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, (basal) palmately cleft 3-5 lobes (IL), palmatisect Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): May to June Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Forests, woods, swamps, streambanks, part shade, dry to moist. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Ranunculus abortivus (Small-Flowered Buttercup) has some resemblance. R. abortivus has flowers about 6 mm wide, and kidney-shaped basal leaves, whereas Ranunculus recurvatus has flowers about 6 to 13 mm wide, and basal leaves moderately to deeply 3 (or 5) lobed. Ranunculus micranthus (Rock Buttercup) has some resemblance, but this species has not been reported from Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, and Iowa, but present in Illinois and more southern states. Ethnobotany: The Menominee employed the boiled roots of this plant to prepare a red dye (Smith, p. 79, 1923). Latitude: Longitude: Altitude: Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Grant, Green, Iowa, Iron, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee, La Crosse, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Polk, Portage, Price, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, 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, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV) In Canada: (NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC) References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym:Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus (The other infraspecific is Ranunculus recurvatus var. tropicus ( Grisebach) Fawcett & Rendle which is native to several islands in the Caribbean.)