PLANTS Profile for Ranunculus arvensis (corn buttercup)

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PLANTS Profile

Ranunculus arvensis L.
corn buttercup

Symbol:

RAAR3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 115. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Ranunculus arvensis L.

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Synonyms:
Ranunculus arvensis L.

RAART2

Ranunculus arvensis L. var. tuberculatus (DC.) Koch

Distribution:
Ranunculus arvensis L.


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USA (AL, AR, CA, DC, GA, ID, IL, KS, LA, MD, MO, MS, MT, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, UT, WA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Ranunculus arvensis L.

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 93 species in Ranunculus

Classification:
Ranunculus arvensis L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus	Ranunculus L. – buttercup
Species	Ranunculus arvensis L. – corn buttercup

U.S. Weed Information:
Ranunculus arvensis L.

corn buttercup

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SWSS

Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Introduced Information:
Ranunculus arvensis L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Ranunculus arvensis L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

UPL,FAC

FAC

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UPL

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Ranunculus arvensis L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18592.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 07:03 AM CDT