Ranunculus sceleratus

Family	Ranunculaceae
Subfamily	Ranunculoideae
Tribe	Ranunculeae
Scientific name	Ranunculus sceleratus L.
Synonyms	Hecatonia scelerata (L.) Fourreau; Ranunculus eremogenes Greene; Ranunculus eremogenes Greene var. degener Greene; Ranunculus eremogenes Greene var. longissimus Lunell; Ranunculus eremogenes Greene var. pilosulus Greene; Ranunculus eremogenes Greene var. pubescens Lunell; Ranunculus sceleratus L. subsp. multifidus (Nuttall ex Torrey & A. Gray) Hultén; Ranunculus sceleratus L. subsp. typicus A. Löve & D. Löve; Ranunculus sceleratus L. var. eremogenes (Greene) Garrett; Ranunculus sceleratus L. var. longissimus (Lunell) L. D. Benson; Ranunculus sceleratus L. var. multifidus Nuttall ex Torrey & A. Gray; Ranunculus sceleratus L. var. typicus L. D. Benson
Common name	(Japanese common name) ta-garashi (タガラシ, 田芥子 [meaning: rice paddy mustard])
	(English common name) celery-leaved ache, blister buttercup, celery-leaf buttercup, celery-leaf crowfoot, cursed crowfoot, marsh crowfoot
Distribution	(Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
	(Other nations) Eurasia, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Canada, USA
Habitat	Rice paddy, swamp
Chromosomal number	2n=16, 32
Description	Plants 30-60cm tall. Leaves 3-7cm wide. Flowers pedicels 1-2.5cm long, 5 calyx lobes 3.5-4mm long, 5 yellow petals each 3.5-4mm long, flowering in April to May. Fruits 1-1.2mm long. Winter annual plants.
Reference	Ranunculus sceleratus L.
	Ranunculus sceleratus Linnaeus
	Ranunculus sceleratus L.
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	Method to ascertain the quality of herbs (US Patent 6855343/2005)
	Use of anemonin for treating aseptic inflammations (US Patent 7297353/2007)
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	Composition containing feverfew extract and use thereof (US Patent 20030077343)

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