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Bayer Code : ranre

Scientific name: Ranunculus repens L.

Synonym(s) of Sc. name:

Classification: Ranunculaceae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: creeping buttercup

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Kriechender Hahnenfuß ; ES : botón de oro ; FR : renoncule rampante ; IT : ranuncolo strisciante ; PT : botao-de-oiro ; EN : creeping buttercup ; NL : kruipende boterbloem ; DK : lav ranunkel

Biological type: Perennial with stolons

Seed:

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Seedling:

- Cotyledons lengthened, spoon-like.

- Leaves palmately divided.

Adult plant:

- Height: 30-40 cm.

- Flowering stems ascending, much branched, furrowed.

- Leaves hairy: basal and lower stem leaves long-stalked, divided in 3 lobes further deeply divided, the middle lobe longest-stalked. Upper cauline leaves small, almost sessile.

- Flowers yellow, solitary, terminal. Sepals erect.

- Fruits ovate, smooth, short-beaked (2.5-3.5 x 2-3 mm), numerous.

- Plant toxic when fresh.

- Biological type: perennial with stolons.

Mistake with: Ranunculus bulbosus

Ecological profile (click on flags):   Present       Present       Present       Rare       Present       Rare       Present       Present    

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