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|accepted_name=Ranunculus platensis
|accepted_authority=A. Sprengel in K. Sprengel
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in K. Sprengel, Syst. Veg.
|place=5: 586. 1828
|year=1828
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus;Ranunculus sect. Echinella;Ranunculus platensis
|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 platensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>decumbent, sparsely pilose. <b>Basal</b> and lower cauline leaf blades reniform, 3-parted, 0.8-1.7 × 1.2-2 cm, segment base cordate, margins dentate or lobulate, apex rounded-obtuse. <b>Flowers</b> sessile; receptacle glabrous or pilose; sepals 3, spreading, 1-2 × 0.5-1 mm, hirsute; petals 3, 1-2 × 0.5-0.8 mm. <b>Heads</b> of achenes hemispheric, 2-2.5 × 3-3.5 mm; achenes 10-15 per head, 1.3-1.7 × 1-1.3 mm, faces and proximal margin finely papillate, each papilla crowned with hooked bristle, otherwise glabrous; beak semicircular to deltate, curved, 0.2-0.5 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering winter–spring (Feb–Apr).
|habitat=Weed in disturbed areas, usually near coast
|elevation=0-200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;Tex.;native to South America (s Brazil;Uruguay;and Argentina).
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ranunculus platensis
|author=
|authority=A. Sprengel in K. Sprengel
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering winter–spring (Feb–Apr).
|habitat=Weed in disturbed areas, usually near coast
|elevation=0-200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;Tex.;native to South America (s Brazil;Uruguay;and Argentina).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in K. Sprengel, Syst. Veg.
|publication year=1828
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus
|section=Ranunculus sect. Echinella
|species=Ranunculus platensis
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