Ranunculus hispidus Michx. var. nitidus (Chapm.) T. Duncan
Swamp buttercup, bristly buttercup
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7/12/2020 · Harraseeket Trail, Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, Freeport, Maine · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm) 
6/12/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, East Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 4½″ (14 × 11 cm) 
ID is uncertain 
7/12/2020 · Harraseeket Trail, Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, Freeport, Maine · ≈ 8 × 6″ (20 × 15 cm) 
6/12/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, East Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 15 cm) ID is uncertain 
6/12/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, East Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm) ID is uncertain 
7/12/2020 · Harraseeket Trail, Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, Freeport, Maine · ≈ 6 × 8″ (16 × 20 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Magnoliidae | Includes magnolias, nutmeg, bay laurel, cinnamon, avocado, black pepper, and many others |
| Order | Ranunculales | Basal (evolved earlier) eudicots, also called “true dicots” |
| Family | Ranunculaceae | Buttercup family |
| Genus | Ranunculus | From Latin rana, “little frog,” because many species grow in moist places |
| Species | hispidus | Rough, with bristly hairs |
| var. | nitidus | Derived from the Latin meaning “shining, lustrous, whitish” referring to the pods |
Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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