Ranunculus cymbalaria Pursh
Seaside crowfoot, alkali buttercup
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9/16/2016 · Sieur de Monts Botanical Gardens, Bar Harbor, Maine 
| 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 | cymbalaria | A name for ivy-leaved toad flax, from the Greek kymbalon and/or the Latin cymbalum for “cymbal,” and referring to the rounded leaf shapes of some species |
Ranunculus cymbalaria description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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