Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus
Ranunculus hispidus Michx. var. nitidus (Chapm.) T. Duncan
Bristly Buttercup, Buttercup
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family)
USDA Symbol: RAHINUSDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Ranunculus hispidus var nitidans
Buttercup
Ranunculaceae
Location: E side of creek, on both sides of the wooden footbridge at intersection of East-West & North South paths--Oakwell Farms, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Sunny, moist (often inundated) bank of ditch. Among Poaceae, several dense colonies.
Description: Tufted perennial w/thick fiberous roots; erect, but weak & sprawling. Stem pubescent. Later leaves long petiolate, 3-parted; leaflet deeply 3-cleft, sharply toothed. Flower yellow, shiney, appearing waxy; sepals-5, reflexed. Petals-5, broader near tip, to 12 mm long x 6 mm broad.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Mar 12, 1994
Specimen number: 545
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0828
Accession Date: Jun 29, 1994
Accession Number: 61
Annotations: SCXRB (In flower) [=R. carolinianus]