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To this family belong Nigella, Helleborus, Paeonia (Peony), Trollius (Glove Flower or Golden Ball), Clematis (Traveller’s Joy, Old Man’s Beard), Adonis, Hepatica (Liverleaf), Delphinium (Larkspur). Latin, rana, a frog.
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LESSER CELANDINE. PILEWORT. Ranunculus Ficaria L. About six inches. Tubers at root. Single flowers, three sepals, eight or nine shiny yellow petals.–From Europe to N. Amer., Nfld.–May. |
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A. WHITE WATER CROWFOOT. Ranunculus aquatilis L. var. trichophyllus Gray; Batrachium trichophyllus Bosch; B. flaccidum Rupr; R. aquatilis var. capillaceus DC. Soft, much-divided leaves, under water. White flowers.–Slow streams, Europe, N. Amer., Nfld.–August. B. 434. SEA-SIDE CROWFOOT. Ranunculus Cymbalaria Pursh. Long runners. Rather fleshy little leaves. Small yellow flowers; five to eight petals.–Shores, Greenland, Europe, Asia, N. Amer., Nfld. Also Great Lakes, N. Amer.–July. |
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A. THREE-PETALLED CROWFOOT. ARCTIC BUTTER-CUP. NORTHERN CROWFOOT. Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb. Tiny plant, three-lobed leaves, pale lemon yellow flowers, three petals and three sepals. Creeping, a few inches long.–Arctic America, Labrador, Greenland, Iceland, Europe, W. Nfld.–July. Limestone. B. 433. IVY-LEAVED CROWFOOT. Ranunculus hederaceus L.; Batrachium. Closely related to aquatilis. Creeping in mud or floating in shallow water, rooting at joints. Small white flowers.–Wet ditches. “Typical western Eurasian species. Indigenous in south-eastern Nfld.”–June. |
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