View source for Ranunculus muricatus

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|accepted_name=Ranunculus muricatus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 555. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
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|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
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>reclining or erect, glabrous or sparsely pilose. <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. <b>Flowers</b> pedicellate; receptacle hispid; sepals 5, reflexed, 4-7 × 2-3 mm, sparsely bristly; petals 5, 4-8 × 2-4.5 mm. <b>Heads</b> of achenes globose, 13-16 × 13-16 mm; achenes 10-20 per head, 5-5.5 × 3-3.5 mm, faces covered with long spines, glabrous, margin smooth; 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
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