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|accepted_name=Ranunculus muricatus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 555. 1753
|year=1753
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|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
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|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus;Ranunculus sect. Echinella;Ranunculus muricatus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ranunculaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ranunculus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Ranunculus sect. Echinella]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ranunculus muricatus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem pubescence;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>reclining or erect, glabrous or sparsely pilose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="basal and lower cauline leaf-blade shape;basal and lower cauline leaf-blade shape;basal and lower cauline leaf-blade shape;basal and lower cauline leaf-blade shape;basal and lower cauline leaf-blade shape;basal and lower cauline leaf-blade shape;basal and lower cauline leaf-blade shape;basal and lower cauline leaf-blade shape;basal and lower cauline leaf-blade shape;basal and lower cauline leaf-blade shape;basal and lower cauline leaf-blade shape;basal and lower cauline leaf-blade shape;basal and lower cauline leaf-blade length;basal and lower cauline leaf-blade width;base shape;base shape;base shape;margin shape;apex shape"><b>Basal </b>and lower cauline leaf-blades broadly cordate to reniform or semicircular, undivided or 3-lobed, 2-5 × 3-6.5 cm, base rounded to cordate, margins coarsely crenate, apex rounded.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>pedicellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="receptacle pubescence">receptacle hispid;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal orientation;sepal length;sepal width;sepal pubescence">sepals 5, reflexed, 4-7 × 2-3 mm, sparsely bristly;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="petal quantity;petal length;petal width">petals 5, 4-8 × 2-4.5 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="head shape;head length;head width"><b>Heads </b>of achenes globose, 13-16 × 13-16 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="achene quantity;achene length;achene width;face pubescence;spine length or size;margin architecture or pubescence or relief">achenes 10-20 per head, 5-5.5 × 3-3.5 mm, faces covered with long spines, glabrous, margin smooth;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="beak shape;beak course;beak some measurement">beak lanceolate, curved, 2-2.5 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring (Mar–Jun).
|habitat=Fields and roadsides
|elevation=0-2000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;Oreg.;S.C.;Tex.;Wash.;South America;native to Eurasia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ranunculus muricatus
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring (Mar–Jun).
|habitat=Fields and roadsides
|elevation=0-2000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;Oreg.;S.C.;Tex.;Wash.;South America;native to Eurasia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Weedy;Introduced
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|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus
|section=Ranunculus sect. Echinella
|species=Ranunculus muricatus
|achene length=5mm;5.5mm
|achene quantity=10;20
|achene width=3mm;3.5mm
|apex shape=rounded
|basal and lower cauline leaf-blade length=2cm;5cm
|basal and lower cauline leaf-blade shape=broadly cordate;reniform or semicircular undivided or 3-lobed
|basal and lower cauline leaf-blade width=3cm;6.5cm
|base shape=rounded;cordate
|beak course=curved
|beak shape=lanceolate
|beak some measurement=2mm;2.5mm
|face pubescence=glabrous
|flower architecture=pedicellate
|head length=13mm;16mm
|head shape=globose
|head width=13mm;16mm
|margin architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|margin shape=crenate
|petal length=4mm;8mm
|petal quantity=5
|petal width=2mm;4.5mm
|receptacle pubescence=hispid
|sepal length=4mm;7mm
|sepal orientation=reflexed
|sepal pubescence=bristly
|sepal quantity=5
|sepal width=2mm;3mm
|spine length or size=long
|stem orientation=erect;reclining
|stem pubescence=pilose;glabrous
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