kidney-leaved buttercup

(Ranunculus abortivus)

Conservation Status
kidney-leaved buttercup
 
  IUCN Red List

not listed

     
  NatureServe

N5 - Secure

SNR - Unranked

     
  Minnesota

not listed

     
           
Wetland Indicator Status
     
  Great Plains

FAC - Facultative

     
  Midwest

FACW - Facultative wetland

     
  Northcentral & Northeast

FAC - Facultative

     
           
 
Description
 
 

 

 
     
 

Height

 
 

8 to 20

 
     
 

Flower Color

 
 

Yellow

 
     
 

Similar Species

 
     
     
 
Habitat
 
 

Dry to moist. Woods, disturbed sites.

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Flowering

 
 

April to June

 
     
 

Pests and Diseases

 
 

 

 
     
 
Use
 
 

 

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 24, 28, 29, 30.

 
  3/3/2023      
         
 

Nativity

 
 

Native

 
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

Common

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
  Kingdom Plantae (green algae and land plants)  
  Subkingdom Viridiplantae (green plants)  
  Infrakingdom Streptophyta (land plants and green algae)  
  Superdivision Embryophyta (land plants)  
  Division Tracheophyta (vascular plants)  
  Subdivision Spermatophytina (seed plants)  
  Class Magnoliopsida (flowering plants)  
  Superorder Ranunculanae  
 

Order

Ranunculales (buttercups, poppies, and allies)  
 

Family

Ranunculaceae (buttercup)  
  Subfamily Ranunculoideae (anemones, buttercups, larkspurs, and allies)  
  Tribe Ranunculeae  
 

Genus

Ranunculus (buttercups)  
       
 

Subordinate Taxa

 
       
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

Ranunculus abortivus ssp. acrolasius

Ranunculus abortivus var. abortivus

Ranunculus abortivus var. acrolasius

Ranunculus abortivus var. eucyclus

Ranunculus abortivus var. indivisus

Ranunculus abortivus var. typicus

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

aborted buttercup

early woodbuttercup

littleleaf buttercup

smallflower buttercup

smallflower crowfoot

small-flowered buttercup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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    kidney-leaved buttercup   kidney-leaved buttercup  
           
 
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Plant

 
    kidney-leaved buttercup   kidney-leaved buttercup  
           
 

Inflorescence

 
    kidney-leaved buttercup   kidney-leaved buttercup  
           
 

Flower

 
    kidney-leaved buttercup   kidney-leaved buttercup  
           
 

Basal Leaves

 
    kidney-leaved buttercup   kidney-leaved buttercup  
           
 

Stem Leaves

 
    kidney-leaved buttercup      
           
 

Infructescence

 
    kidney-leaved buttercup      

 

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  Ranunculus abortivus SMALL-FLOWERED BUTTERCUP
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  Ranunculus abortivus SMALL-FLOWERED BUTTERCUP  

 

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  Kirk Nelson
5/15 and 5/29/2017

Location: Fort Snelling State Park

kidney-leaved buttercup  
           
 
MinnesotaSeasons.com Sightings
 
 

Avon Hills Forest SNA, North Unit

Baker Park Reserve

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Bertram Chain of Lakes Regional Park

Big Stone Lake State Park

Big Woods Heritage Forest WMA

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Brownsville Bluff SNA

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Cannon River Wilderness Area

Carley State Park

Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center

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Chamberlain Woods SNA

Charles A. Lindbergh State Park

Chimney Rock SNA

Clear Lake SNA

Cleary Lake Regional Park

Crystal Spring SNA

Edward Velishek Memorial WMA

Falls Creek SNA

Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park

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Franconia Bluffs SNA

Frontenac State Park

Glacial Lakes State Park

Gneiss Outcrops SNA

Great River Bluffs State Park

Grey Cloud Dunes SNA

Gustafson’s Camp SNA

Hampton Woods WMA

Hastings Sand Coulee SNA

Hastings SNA

Hemlock Ravine SNA

Helen Allison Savanna SNA

John A. Latsch State Park

John Peter Hoffman Spring Brook Valley WMA

Kasota Prairie

Keller Regional Park

King’s and Queen’s Bluff SNA

Laible Woods

Lake Byllesby Regional Park

Lake Maria State Park

Lebanon Hills Regional Park

Lost Valley Prairie SNA

Maplewood State Park

Mary Schmidt Crawford Woods SNA

McCarthy Beach State Park

Miesville Ravine Park Reserve

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Mille Lacs Moraine SNA

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Minneopa State Park

Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area, Lawrence Unit

Mississippi River County Park

Monson Lake State Park

Moose Lake State Park

Mound Prairie SNA

Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve

Nerstrand Big Woods State Park

Oronoco Prairie SNA

Oxbow Park & Zollman Zoo

P.N. and G.M. Nelson Wildlife Sanctuary

Phelps Lake WMA

Prairie Creek Woods SNA

Rice Lake State Park

Ritter Farm Park

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Robert Ney Memorial Park Reserve

Rockville County Park

Rushford Sand Barrens SNA

St. Croix Savanna SNA

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Savage Fen SNA

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Swedes Forest SNA

Tamarack Nature Center

Thompson County Park

Townsend Woods SNA

Upper Sioux Agency State Park

Vermillion Highlands Research Recreation and WMA

Vermillion River WMA

Whitetail Woods Regional Park

Whitewater State Park

William O’Brien State Park

Wolsfeld Woods SNA

Wood-Rill SNA

Woodland Trails Park

Zumbro Falls Woods SNA

 

 

 

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