Flower ID: IMG_7717.JPG-07-15-2021 Flower name (scientific): Ranunculus repens Linnaeus PY: 1753. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) ra-NUN-ku-lus reh-PENZ Flower name (common): Creeping Buttercup Family name (common): Buttercup Family name (scientific): Ranunculaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: Latin for little frog. Referencing the moist habitat where many species grow. Specific epithet: Latin for creeping. Common name origin: From the low spreading appearance of the plants, and the yellow cup-shaped flowers. Flower description: Size: 0.7 to 1.0 inches (1.8 to 2.5 cm) Petal count: 5 Color: yellow Other: flower arrangement, Solitary Plant description: Size: 5 to 10 inches (13 to 25 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is compound Size: Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, basal, 3-foliolate, ovate to reniform in outline, leaflet, obovate to elliptic or narrowly oblong (FNA) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): May to July Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Meadows, forests, marshes, roadsides, sun, moist. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Other Ranunculus species resemble Ranunculus repens. Ranunculus repens can be distinguished by the following characteristics: wet habitat, creeping appearance, lateral stems growing at ground level and rooting at the nodes (stolons), leaves typically with pale white blotches, sepals hairy and shorter than the petals, and the basal trifoliate leaves with lobed leaflets. Ethnobotany: No recorded uses by tribes from Wisconsin. The Hesquiat used the plant to treat rheumatic pain, sores, and general sickness (Moerman, pp. 468-469, 1998). Latitude: Longitude: Altitude: Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Bayfield, Brown, Dane, Door, Eau Claire, Grant, Iron, Lafayette, Manitowoc, Marinette, Milwaukee, Portage, Price, Shawano, Sheboygan, Taylor, Vilas, Washington, Waukesha, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AK, AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, YT) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): FAC Wetland Status (MW): FAC