| Accepted name: |
Ranunculus acris L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Tall Buttercup
Meadow Buttercup
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| French names: |
Renoncule âcre
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HRANAC
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Pungent leaves when inhaled, produce local INFLAMMATION and SNEEZING which provides VENT for HEADACHES. Algonquins of Temiscaming take the flower and seed of the buttercup reduced to cure HEADACHE. The root RUBEFACIENT and VESICANT (*4). |
| Key Characters: |
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