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leaves |
inflorescence |
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stem |
fruit |
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Habitat: |
rich woods |
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Plant Height: |
30-60 cm tall, several erect pubescent stems from base |
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Flower Color: |
yellow to cream-colored |
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Flower: |
perfect; complete; 0.5 cm wide with 5 recurved petals as long as triangular sepals; stalk of ovary elongates into fruit |
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Inflorescence: |
loose cymes terminating stems |
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Fruit: |
achenes beaked with persistent styles and stigmas |
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Leaves: |
alternate; basal leaves toothed, typically unlobed but can be 3-5 lobed; cauline leaves variable have pubescence on underneath veins; stipules serrate |
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Bloom Time: |
Mid April- Mid May |
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Origins: |
native |
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Other: |
compare with Ranunculus arbortivus | |