PLANTS Profile for Ranunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus (cursed buttercup)

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PLANTS Profile

Ranunculus sceleratus L. var. sceleratus
cursed buttercup

Symbol:

RASCS

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		I
SPM		I

More Information:

Images:
Ranunculus sceleratus L. var. sceleratus

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Synonyms:
Ranunculus sceleratus L. var. sceleratus

	HESC9	Hecatonia scelerata (L.) Fourr.
	RASCT	Ranunculus sceleratus L. var. typicus L.D. Benson

Distribution:
Ranunculus sceleratus L. var. sceleratus


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CA, CO, 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, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Ranunculus sceleratus L. var. sceleratus

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 93 species in Ranunculus, 2 varieties in Ranunculus sceleratus L.

Classification:
Ranunculus sceleratus L. var. sceleratus

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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 sceleratus L. – cursed buttercup
Variety	Ranunculus sceleratus L. var. sceleratus – cursed buttercup

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Ranunculus sceleratus L. var. sceleratus

The related entities italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
Ranunculus sceleratus
cursed crowfoot		Special Concern
Rhode Island:
Ranunculus sceleratus
cursed crowfoot		Special Concern

Introduced Information:
Ranunculus sceleratus L. var. sceleratus

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:
Ranunculus sceleratus L. var. sceleratus

Ranunculus sceleratus:

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Ranunculus sceleratus L. var. sceleratus

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 529981.

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

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/11/2008 10:30 PM MDT