CROWFOOT FAMILY 



RANUNCULACE^E CROWFOOT FAMILY 



Ranunculus Cymbalaria, Pursh. 



Yellow Seaside Crowfoot. 



Summer 



Ranunculus: for derivation see acris. 

 Cymbalaria: Greek for hollow of a vessel. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: salt marshes. 



THE PLANT: from fibrous roots, low, spreading by root 

 runners; the stem without hairs. 



THE LEAVES: mostly basal, clustered at the root and on 

 the joints of the runners; somewhat oval, tending to heart- 

 shaped; on slender stems; with very round teeth. 



THE FLOWERS: one to seven, about one third of an inch 

 wide, borne in a dense corymb on stems, which are some- 

 times six inches long; petals five to eight. 



THE FRUIT: achenes. 



As you hold in your hand long runners of this creeping 

 species, you notice that the small round flower heads 

 green, yellow, or light dirty-brown, in accordance with 

 the age of the tiny flowers top the short and slender 

 stems, which are smooth and leafless. At the base of the 

 stems or at the joints of the runners, are the small, broad 

 leaves, round-toothed and heavily veined. 



When brought into the house, this plant will actually 

 grow in water in a shallow dish. 



RANUNCULACE^E CROWFOOT FAMILY 



Ranunculus repens, L. 



Yellow, rarely white Creeping Buttercup, 



Gold-balls, 



May-September Ram's-claws, 



Sitfast, 

 Shotted-leaf Butter-cup. 



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