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Buttercups & Crowfoots Group

  
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Buttercups and Crowfoots are grouped together here because the common names of these are often interchanged. For example, Small-flowered Crowfoot is often referred to as Kidney-leaved Buttercup.

Crowfoots and Buttercups have yellow flowers, except White Water Buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis).

However, Buttercups and Crowfoots are pretty obviously distinct from each other. Buttercups have larger and showier flowers, whereas almost all Crowfoots have much smaller flowers with stubby petals.

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Cursed Crowfoot (Ranunculus sceleratus)
Cursed Crowfoot (Ranunculus sceleratus)

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Bristly Crowfoot (Ranunculus pensylvanicus)
Bristly Crowfoot
(Ranunculus pensylvanicus)
Cursed Crowfoot (Ranunculus sceleratus)
Cursed Crowfoot
(Ranunculus sceleratus)
Hispid Buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus)
Hispid Buttercup
(Ranunculus hispidus)
Hooked Crowfoot (Ranunculus recurvatus)
Hooked Crowfoot
(Ranunculus recurvatus)
 
Small Yellow Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus gmelinii)
Small Yellow Water Crowfoot
(Ranunculus gmelinii)
Small-flowered Crowfoot (Ranunculus abortivus)
Small-flowered Crowfoot
(Ranunculus abortivus)
White Water Buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis)
White Water Buttercup
(Ranunculus aquatilis)
  
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