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 Scientific name origin: Genus: Specific epithet: Common name origin: 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) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is basal and alternate, type is simple and lobed Size: 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: Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: How to differentiate related varieties: Ethnobotany: Latitude: Longitude: Altitude: 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) References: