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Summary
Physical Characteristics
Ranunculus sceleratus is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.6 m (2ft).
It is not frost tender. It is in flower from May to September. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Flies. The plant is self-fertile.
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist or wet soil and can grow in water.
UK Hardiness Map
US Hardiness Map
Synonyms
Plant Habitats
Pond; Bog Garden;
Edible Uses
Edible Parts: Leaves
Edible Uses:
Young plant cooked[2, 105]. It is said to be not unwholesome if the plant is boiled and the water thrown away[4] and then the plant cooked again[272]. Caution is strongly advised, see the notes above on toxicity and below on medicinal uses.
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Medicinal Uses
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Acrid Anodyne Antirheumatic Antispasmodic Diaphoretic Emmenagogue Rubefacient
The celery-leafed buttercup is one of the most virulent of our native plants[4]. The whole plant is acrid, anodyne, antispasmodic, diaphoretic and emmenagogue and rubefacient[21, 240]. When bruised and applied to the skin it raises a blister and creates a sore that is by no means easy to heal. If chewed it inflames the tongue and produces violent effects[4]. The herb should be used fresh since it loses its effects when dried[21]. The leaves and the root are used externally as an antirheumatic[218]. The seed is tonic and is used in the treatment of colds, general debility, rheumatism and spermatorrhoea[218].
References More on Medicinal Uses
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Other Uses
Fungicide
An extract of the leaves can be used as a fungicide[65].
Special Uses
References More on Other Uses
Cultivation details
A plant of boggy soils and shallow water, it prefers a loamy soil and a sunny position. A greedy plant, inhibiting the growth of nearby plants, especially legumes[54].
References Carbon Farming Information and Carbon Sequestration Information
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Plant Propagation
Seed - sow spring in a cold frame. This plant is unlikely to need much assistance. Division in spring.
Other Names
If available other names are mentioned here
Native Range
TEMPERATE ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia (Ciscaucasia), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation (Dagestan), Russian Federation-Western Siberia (Western Siberia), Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia (Eastern Siberia), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Russian Federation-Far East (Far East), China, Japan (Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku) TROPICAL ASIA: Bhutan, India (north), Nepal, Pakistan NORTHERN AMERICA: Canada (Québec (south), Nova Scotia, Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan (south), Alberta (southeast), Manitoba (south)), St. Pierre and Miquelon, United States (Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Oregon (west), Washington (west), Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia, Texas, California (north)). EUROPE: Denmark, Finland (south), United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden (south), Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Russian Federation (European part), Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine (incl. Krym), Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sicily), North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal AFRICA: Algeria (north), Egypt (north), Morocco, Tunisia
Weed Potential
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Conservation Status
IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status :
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| Latin Name | Common Name | Habit | Height | Hardiness | Growth | Soil | Shade | Moisture | Edible | Medicinal | Other |
| Ranunculus acris | Meadow Buttercup, Tall buttercup, Showy buttercup | Perennial | 1.0 |
0-0
| | LMH | SN | MWe | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ranunculus aquatilis | Water Crowfoot, White water crowfoot | Annual/Perennial | 0.0 |
4-8
| | LMH | SN | MWeWa | 1 | 1 | |
| Ranunculus arvensis | Corn Buttercup | Annual | 0.5 |
0-0
| | LMH | SN | M | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ranunculus bulbosus | Bulbous Buttercup, St. Anthony's turnip | Perennial | 0.3 |
0-0
| F | LMH | SN | M | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ranunculus californicus | California Buttercup | Perennial | 0.6 |
6-9
| | LMH | SN | M | 1 | 0 | |
| Ranunculus chinensis | Hui Hui Suan | Perennial | 0.6 |
-
| | LMH | SN | MWe | 1 | 0 | |
| Ranunculus ficaria | Lesser Celandine - Pilewort, Fig buttercup | Perennial | 0.2 |
0-0
| F | LMH | SN | M | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ranunculus flammula | Lesser Spearwort, Greater creeping spearwort | Perennial | 0.6 |
4-8
| | LMH | SN | MWeWa | 0 | 1 | |
| Ranunculus hirtus | | Perennial | 0.0 |
-
| | LMH | SN | M | 0 | 1 | |
| Ranunculus inamoeus | Graceful Buttercup | Perennial | 0.3 |
-
| | LMH | SN | M | 1 | 0 | |
| Ranunculus japonicus | Mao Gen | Perennial | 0.1 |
-
| | LMH | SN | M | 1 | 1 | |
| Ranunculus kochii | | Perennial | 0.1 |
5-9
| | LMH | N | M | 1 | 0 | |
| Ranunculus muricatus | Rough-Seed Buttercup, Spinyfruit buttercup | Annual | 0.3 |
0-0
| | LMH | SN | M | 0 | 1 | |
| Ranunculus nipponicus | | Perennial | 0.0 |
-
| | LMH | SN | WeWa | 1 | 0 | |
| Ranunculus occidentalis | Western Buttercup | Perennial | 0.6 |
-
| | LMH | SN | M | 1 | 0 | |
| Ranunculus pallasii | Buttercup, Pallas' buttercup | Perennial | 0.1 |
0-0
| | LMH | SN | MWe | 1 | 0 | |
| Ranunculus pennsylvanicus | Pennsylvania Buttercup | Annual/Perennial | 1.0 |
-
| | LMH | SN | MWe | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ranunculus quelpaertensis | | Perennial | 0.6 |
-
| | LMH | SN | MWe | 1 | 0 | |
| Ranunculus repens | Creeping Buttercup, Prairie Double-flowered Buttercup, Water Buttercup, Creeping Buttercup | Perennial | 0.3 |
3-8
| F | LMH | SN | M | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ranunculus reptans | Creeping Spearwort | Perennial | 0.2 |
-
| F | LMH | SN | MWe | 1 | 0 | |
| Ranunculus rivularis | | Perennial | 0.0 |
-
| | LMH | SN | M | 0 | 1 | |
| Ranunculus tachreoi | | Perennial | 1.0 |
-
| | LMH | SN | M | 1 | 0 | |
| Ranunculus ternatus | | Perennial | 0.3 |
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| | LMH | SN | M | 0 | 1 | |
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Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.
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