Cursed Buttercup

(Ranunculus sceleratus)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habit: Annual or short-lived perennial

Root anatomy: Coarse fibrous roots

 Leaf anatomy: Alternately arranged, basal leaves oval-cordate to reniform, palmately lobed w/3-5 lobes, margins roundly serrate to somewhat lobed, upper leaves palmately lobed w/3 lobes, lobes narrow; all leaves fleshy and glabrous  

Reproduction: Flowers yellow, 5 petals & sepals, dense cluster of green pistils in flower center

^{References: Illinois Wildflowers}