Question: Hello, wondering if this is yet another Ranunculus, this one perhaps not native? Leaves are definitely hairy; the leaf base …
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Question
Hello, wondering if this is yet another Ranunculus, this one perhaps not native? Leaves are definitely hairy; the leaf base is cordate. Found in the same floodplain area as the American gooseberry (North Providence, RI). Wondering also if the photo with the the two cordate leaves is the same plant as the first, but with with different leaves, as the species is, I believe, dimorphic? Thanks!
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Dear sldz22, the species with three- to five-lobed basal leaves is a Ranunculus and is likely R. recuvatus (hooked crowfoot). The species with heart-shaped bases is not a crowfoot. I do not recognize the plant from the image (sorry). Best wishes.
