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The “bulb” of the bulbous buttercup. The stems are 20–40 cm tall, erect, branching, and slightly hairy, with a swollen corm-like base. [2]: 120 [3] There are alternate and sessile leaves on the stem. The flower forms at the apex of the stems, with 5–7 petals, [3] the sepals strongly reflexed. [2]
Species & synonyms Common names Native range Illustration Ranunculus abaensis W. T. Wang = R. indivisus var. abaensis [2]: Ranunculus abchasicus Freyn ex Sommier & Levier [3] [4] ...
Ranunculus allenii, commonly known as Allen's buttercup, is a flowering plant in the crowfoot or buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. Generally found in wetlands in northern latitudes, it bears yellow flowers in summer, which are pollinated by insects.
Ranunculaceae (/ r ə n ʌ ŋ k j uː ˈ l eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /, buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin rānunculus "little frog", from rāna "frog") is a family of over 2,000 known species of flowering plants in 43 genera, [2] distributed worldwide. The largest genera are Ranunculus (600 species), Delphinium (365), Thalictrum (330 ...
It is a naturalized species and often a weed in parts of North America, [7] but it is probably native in Alaska and Greenland. [8] In New Zealand it is a serious pasture weed costing the dairy industry hundreds of millions of dollars. [9] It has become one of the few pasture weeds that has developed a resistance to herbicides. [10]
Oxalis pes-caprae, commonly known as African wood-sorrel, Bermuda buttercup, Bermuda sorrel, buttercup oxalis, Cape sorrel, English weed, goat's-foot, sourgrass, soursob or soursop; Afrikaans: suring; Arabic: hommayda (حميضة), [2] is a species of tristylous yellow-flowering plant in the wood sorrel family Oxalidaceae.
One major complication to the use of herbicides for weed control is the ability of plants to evolve herbicide resistance, rendering the herbicides ineffective against target plants. Out of 31 known herbicide modes of action, weeds have evolved resistance to 21. 268 plant species are known to have evolved herbicide resistance at least once. [ 59 ]
Its common names include littleleaf buttercup, [1] small-flower crowfoot, [2] small-flowered buttercup, [3] and kidneyleaf buttercup. [4] It is widespread across much of North America , found in all ten Canadian provinces as well as Yukon and the Northwest Territories , and most of the United States , except Hawaii , Oregon , California , and ...