Flora
of East-Central Indiana
| Kidney Buttercup |
| Scientific Name | Ranunculus arbortivus L. |
| Family Name | Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family) |
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Characteristics |
| Habitat: | moist woods and slopes |
| Plant Height: | 20-50 cm tall; erect stem; glabrous or sometimes pubescent above; multiple stems from base |
| Flower Color: | yellow |
| Flower: | complete; 5 yellow petals shorter than 5 green, drooping sepals; numerous stamens and pistils |
| Inflorescence: | single terminal flower on long glabrous peduncle |
| Fruit: | single-seeded achene with short beak in short-ovoid head on receptacle |
| Leaves: | basal leaves round with heart-shaped base (kidney shaped) on long petioles, often variously lobed or divided; cauline (upper) leaves typically sessile, usually deeply divided 3-5 times |
| Bloom Time: | April-June |
| Origins: | native |
| Other: | at first glance can be mistaken for many other species but basal leaves and fruit are distinctive |
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| general plant habit | basal leaves | close up of flower | form |
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