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Celery-leaved Buttercup

Ranunculus sceleratus

Also called Celery-leaf buttercup, Marsh crowfoot, Blister buttercup, Cursed crowfoot, Cursed buttercup, Celery Buttercup, Celery Leaf Crowfoot

Celery-leaved Buttercup
Photo: Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 2.0 de
Family
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Grows as
Annual
Safety
Toxic. Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
Temp. Eurasia, N. Africa, Ethiopia to Rwanda, C. & E. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Ranunculus sceleratus known by the common names celery-leaved buttercup, celery-leaf 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.

Where it grows

Ranunculus sceleratus has a circumpolar distribution in the northern hemisphere There are two varieties and one subspecies with distinctive distributions: R. sceleratus ssp. reptabundus occurs in northern Finland and north-west Russia. R. scleratus var. multifidus occurs in north western North America, and R. scleratus var. longissimus is found from Minnesota to Alabama according to their biodiversity and plant atlases respectively. It is also distributed in Australia and New Zealand.

Other Ranunculus plants

Littleleaf buttercup · Sand Buttercup · Aconite-leaf buttercup · Ranunculus acraeus · Meadow buttercup · Alpine buttercup · Fall buttercup · Plantainleaf buttercup · Allegheny Mountain buttercup · Allen's buttercup · Ranunculus altus · Waterplantain spearwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ranunculus sceleratus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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