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§1 Plant

Ranunculus laxicaulis (Torr. & A. Gray) Darby

vernacular Mississippi buttercup — species · Ranunculaceae

USDA
RALA2
GBIF
3033402
Rank
species
Mississippi buttercup (Ranunculus laxicaulis)
Platephotograph · jim_keeslingCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual, Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Ranunculaceae Juss.
Genus
Ranunculus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 152 counties across 17 states/territories
Legend Native · 152 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
High
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Medium
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-8 °F minimum
Frost-free days
180 min.
Precipitation
35–55 in/yr
pH range
6–7.5
Root depth
6 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Slow
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
1.2 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Yellow
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
Moderate
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
25,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 152 counties across 17 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 28 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 24 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 25 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 8 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/RALA2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3033402 ↗

Record version

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