cursed crowfoot

Ranunculus sceleratus

Summary 4

Ranunculus sceleratus known by the common names celery-leaved buttercup and cursed buttercup is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. It has a circumpolar distribution in the northern hemisphere, native to temperate and boreal North America and Eurasia, where it grows in wet and moist habitats, including ponds and streambanks.

Derivation of specific name 5

sceleratus: harmful, poisonous

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  1. (c) Patrick Alexander, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/aspidoscelis/2493772887/
  2. (c) Biopix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/JCS-Ranunculus-sceleratus-65994.JPG
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  4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus_sceleratus
  5. (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/30279053

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