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Bayer Code : ranpf
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Ranunculaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: small-flowered buttercup
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Kleinblütiger Hahnenfuß ; ES : ; FR : renoncule à petites fleurs ; IT : ranuncolo pargoletto ; PT : ranúculo-de-flor-pequena ; EN : small-flowered buttercup ;
Biological type: Annual, Biennial
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- Cotyledons lengthened, spoon-like.
- Leaves palmately divided.
- Height: 10-40 cm.
- Stem spreading, diffuse, covered with long smooth and yellowish hairs.
- Lower leaves somewhat cordate at the base of the blade, roundish in outline with 3-5 roundish lobes. Cauline leaves cut near the half part, acute lobes.
- Flowers yellow, very small (6-8 mm). Sepals reflexed. Peduncles slender, without furrows. Carpels with tubercles and tapered into a short hooked point.
- Fruit small (3 mm), flattened, roundish. Hooked spines on the faces. Short hooked beak.
- Plant poisonous.
- Biological type: annual or biennial.
Ecological profile (click on flags): Rare Present Present