Plants Profile for Ranunculus abortivus (littleleaf buttercup)

General Information
Symbol:	RAAB
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Duration:	Biennial Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK N CAN N L48 N SPM N
Characteristics
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI). Usage Requirements.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI). Usage Requirements.

©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements.

Patrick J. Alexander. Usage Requirements.

Sheri Hagwood. USDI Bureau of Land Management (BLM). United States, ID, Bureau of Land Management Jarbidge Resource Area. July 18, 2006. Usage Requirements.

©Lawrence S. Gilliam. United States, NC, Guilford Col, moist woods. April 7, 2004. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 110. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Provided by NRCS National Wetland Team. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
RAABA	Ranunculus abortivus L. ssp. acrolasius (Fernald) Kapoor & Á. Löve & D. Löve
RAABA3	Ranunculus abortivus L. var. acrolasius Fernald
RAABE	Ranunculus abortivus L. var. eucyclus Fernald
RAABI	Ranunculus abortivus L. var. indivisus Fernald
RAABT	Ranunculus abortivus L. var. typicus Fernald

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus	Ranunculus L. – buttercup
Species	Ranunculus abortivus L. – littleleaf buttercup

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Ranunculus abortivus early woodbuttercup smallflower buttercup smallflower crowfoot This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
KY	Haragan, P.D.. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky.
NE&GP	Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe,and M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Alaska	FAC
Arid West	FACW
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACW
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACW
Great Plains	FAC
Midwest	FACW
Northcentral & Northeast	FAC
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACW