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Aconite (Monkshood) is a genus of hardy herbaceous plants of the family Ranunculaceae. The are remarkable for their poisonous and medicinal properties. Aconite is found in temperate regions of Europe in woods and on shaded stream banks.
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The anemone or wind-flower is any plant of the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. The function of petals is performed by its sepals. The white or lavender-tinged wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia) grows in open woods, flowering in spring.
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Baneberry, (Actoea spicata) is a European plant, of the order Ranunculaceae, local in England, with a spike of white flowers and black, poisonous berries. Two American species are considered remedies for rattlesnake bite.
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The buttercup (Ranunculus acris) is a perennial herb of the family Ranunculaceae. The lower leaves are deeply divided into three to seven, ovate or wedge-shaped and toothed or further divided into segments. The stem leaves are similar but smaller. The flowers have five erect sepals, five glossy yellow petals and numerous stamens.
Buttercups were so named because it was thought they increased the butter yield when cows were fed on pasture containing the flowers. However, it is more likely that such pastures as contained buttercups were sound, dry old pastures which afforded better fodder for the cows, and the presence of the buttercups simply
Indicated the quality of the pasture without themselves contributing.
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Caltha is a genus of plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae, including the marsh marigold. The species like wet, heavy soil.
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Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) is a branched perennial of the Ranunculaceae family. The leaves are divided into three lobes, each lobe itself three-lobed, and usually hairy on the underside. The flowers are nodding, with five petal-like sepals and are purple, blue or white with five petals each ending in a spur.
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Coptis is a small genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae. Two species of which, Coptis trifolia (gold-thread), found in Canada and the northern parts of the United States, and Coptis teeta of Assam, yield a bitter tonic used medicinally.
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Eranthis is a genus of small, hardy, tuberous-rooted herbs, belonging to the Ranunculaceae.
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Erect clematis (Clematis recta) or upright virgin's bower is a highly poisonous perennial herb of the family Ranunculaceae with a hollow, erect (not climbing or twining) stem, hairy in the upper part. The basal leaves are entire; the stem leaves are opposite and pinnate. The numerous fragrant, white flowers with conspicuous yellow anthers are arranged in dichasiums which grow from the leaf axils. The fruit is an achene with a persistent, long, feathery style. Erect clematis grows in woodland margins, thickets, hedgerows and dry bushy slopes chiefly in the warmer regions of southern, eastern and central Europe.
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Forking larkspur (Delphinium consolida) or field larkspur as it is also known, is a highly poisonous annual or biennial herb of the family Ranunculaceae with a slender tap root and an erect, branched, leafy stem. The leaves are sessile, alternate and palmate with the segments finely divided. The flowers are blue and have a pronounced upward-curving spur which secrets nectar. The flowers are arranged in a terminal spike. The fruit is a follicle with flattened, black, pitted seeds.
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