Ranunculus carolinianus

ClassificationDicots
FamilyRanunculaceae
Family (Traditional)Ranunculaceae
GenusRanunculus
Species:Ranunculus carolinianus DC.
Common NameBristly Buttercup
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Achene; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Placentation Type: Basal; Placentation Type: Marginal; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
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StatusNative
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Allen (KY), Carter (KY), Christian (KY), Daviess (KY), Green (KY), Jefferson (KY), Livingston (KY), Lyon (KY), McCreary (KY), Meade (KY), Muhlenberg (KY), Oldham (KY), Pulaski (KY), Wayne (KY), Anderson (TN), Cheatham (TN), Claiborne (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), Dyer (TN), Franklin (TN), Hamilton (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Johnson (TN), Lawrence (TN), Marion (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Roane (TN), Scott (TN), Stewart (TN), Sumner (TN), Warren (TN), Weakley (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, HTTU, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1983 - 2015

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0098924 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus carolinianus
TENN-V-0098916 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus carolinianus
TENN-V-0098928 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus carolinianus
TENN-V-0098926 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus carolinianus
TENN-V-0098913 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus carolinianus
TENN-V-0098921 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus carolinianus
TENN-V-0098915 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus carolinianus
TENN-V-0098917 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus carolinianus
TENN-V-0098918 Dyer Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus carolinianus
TENN-V-0098929 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus carolinianus
TENN-V-0098920 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus carolinianus
TENN-V-0098919 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus carolinianus
TENN-V-0098923 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus carolinianus
TENN-V-0098914 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus carolinianus
TENN-V-0098922 Lawrence Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus carolinianus
TENN-V-0098912 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus carolinianus
TENN-V-0098925 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus carolinianus
TENN-V-0098927 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus carolinianus
UCHT012110 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Ranunculus carolinianus
UCHT012116 Tennessee
UCHT
Ranunculus carolinianus
UCHT012111 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Ranunculus carolinianus
UCHT012114 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Ranunculus carolinianus
UCHT012109 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Ranunculus carolinianus
UCHT012112 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Ranunculus carolinianus
UCHT012115 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Ranunculus carolinianus
UCHT012113 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0006128 Lyon Kentucky 08 Apr 1986 Edward Chester
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0040242 Marion Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0119615 Livingston Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0005975 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0005849 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0078306 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0105147 Wayne Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0005997 Christian Kentucky 10 Apr 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0058811 Cumberland Tennessee 03 May 2015 Devin Rodgers
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0102400 Wayne Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0104631 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0077041 Pulaski Kentucky 20 May 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0005991 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0104630 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0105198 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0005883 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0115761 Scott Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0105201 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0119483 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0005992 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0107975 Muhlenberg Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0104547 Allen Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0104628 Carter Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0053960 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0104629 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0006127 Lyon Kentucky 08 Apr 1986 Edward Chester
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0005999 Christian Kentucky 10 Apr 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0098707 Weakley Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0006051 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0005996 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0005878 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0005994 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0085386 Green Kentucky 22 Apr 1983
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0077327 Jefferson Kentucky 11 Apr 1991 Max Medley
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0105200 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0108610 Cumberland Tennessee 15 Apr 2015 Mason Brock
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0085935 Daviess Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0005995 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0006047 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0104632 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0005877 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0117864 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0119484 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0105199 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
APSC0005993 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus carolinianus
HTTU022989 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Ranunculus carolinianus
HTTU019670 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Ranunculus carolinianus
HTTU022992 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Ranunculus carolinianus
HTTU029216 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Ranunculus carolinianus
HTTU022988 Tennessee
HTTU
Ranunculus carolinianus
HTTU022990 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Ranunculus carolinianus
HTTU022991 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Ranunculus carolinianus
UCHT031295 Tennessee
UCHT
Ranunculus carolinianus
UCHT031296 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Ranunculus carolinianus
UCHT031297 Tennessee
UCHT
Ranunculus carolinianus
UCHT035264 Cumberland Tennessee
UCHT
Ranunculus carolinianus
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