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Ranunculus muricatus
An annual or sometimes biennial herb producing a mostly hairless stem which may grow erect or decumbent along the ground. The leaves form a basal rosette, also on stems. The blades are 3 to 5 lobed, cleft, smooth and fleshy. The flowers have distinct petals about 1/4 inch long. The pistils are separate and many; bisexual in nature, symmetrical in form. The pistils develop into achenes with short spines on the sides.
Common in cultivated or uncultivated moist fields.
Spotted on Apr 28, 2013
Submitted on May 13, 2013
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