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PRE — Plant Risk Evaluator

Ranunculus arvensis

by Abrahami, Wikipedia user
Common Name(s)
field buttercup, corn buttercup, corn crowfoot, hungerweed, scratch bur, devil-on-all-sides, hellweed, Devil's claws
Synonym(s)
Ranunculus arvensis var. echinatissimus, Ranunculus arvensis var. tuberculatus, Ranunculus echinatissimus, Ranunculus fernandezii

Is this plant a cultivar?  No

Name of Variety, or Name of Cultivar:
NA

Life History:  Annual

Growth Form:  forb

Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Morocco; Tunisia
Asia: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Dagestan; Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia - Ciscaucasia; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Cyprus; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey; India - Himachal Pradesh, - Jammu and Kashmir, - Uttar Pradesh; Pakistan
Europe: Ukraine; Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland; Sweden; United Kingdom; Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Italy; Macedonia; Montenegro; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia; France; Portugal; Spain

Corn buttercup produces yellow flowers with shiny petals on an erect, leafy stem. The leaves are split into narrow lobes, and the seed heads (called achenes) are extremely spiky, and have earned this buttercup the alternative local names of Devil's claws, Devil-on-all-sides, and hellweed.

External Resources
GBIF Species Page
Tropicos Species Page
ARS GRIN
Wikipedia
PFAF
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