Ranunculus repens L.
Creeping buttercup
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5/23/2016 · Wildflower Trail, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire 
6/12/2023 · Viles Arboretum, Augusta, Maine 
5/23/2016 · Wildflower Trail, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire 
5/30/2025 · Bass Falls Preserve, Alna, Maine · ≈ 6 × 6″ (14 × 15 cm) 
6/13/2016 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts 
7/15/2012 · Fort Point State Park, Stockton Springs, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm) 
6/12/2023 · Viles Arboretum, Augusta, Maine 
6/10/2016 · Lobster Cove Trail, Monhegan Island, Maine 
5/17/2016 · Worcester Road Trails, Beaver Br, Hollis, New Hampshire 
5/17/2016 · Worcester Road Trails, Beaver Br, Hollis, New Hampshire 
5/24/2024 · Monhegan Island, Maine 
6/10/2016 · Lobster Cove Trail, Monhegan Island, Maine 
6/10/2016 · Lobster Cove Trail, Monhegan Island, Maine 
5/30/2025 · Bass Falls Preserve, Alna, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4½″ (15 × 12 cm) 
7/15/2012 · Fort Point State Park, Stockton Springs, Maine · ≈ 17 × 12″ (44 × 29 cm) 
6/13/2016 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts 
| 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 | repens | Having creeping and rooting stems |
Ranunculus repens description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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