Putnam Park Wildflowers


Flower ID: IMG_0408.JPG-05-19-2017
Flower name (scientific): Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus Poiret PY: 1804
Flower name (common): Hooked Buttercup
Family name (common): Buttercup
Family name (scientific): Ranunculaceae
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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:
     Size: 8 to 28 inches ( 20. to 71. cm)
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Leaf description: attachment is basal and alternate, type is simple and lobed
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     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
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Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Brown, Buffalo, Door, Douglas, Forest, Kenosha, Manitowoc, Marinette, Oconto, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Racine, Taylor, Trempealeau, Walworth) 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)
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