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| Family | Ranunculaceae |
| Subfamily | Ranunculoideae |
| Tribe | Ranunculeae |
| Scientific name | Ranunculus silerifolius Léveillé |
| Synonyms | Ranunculus diffusus de Candolle; Ranunculus hakkodensis Nakai var. quelpaertensis (Léveillé) Ohwi et Okuyama; Ranunculus japonicus Thunberg forma hirsutus Makino; Ranunculus polycephalus Makino; Ranunculus quelpaertensis (Léveillé) Nakai; Ranunculus quelpaertensis (Léveillé) Nakai var. albiflorus Y. Lee; Ranunculus ternatus Thunberg var. glaber H. Boissieu; Ranunculus ternatus Thunberg var. hirsutus H. Boissieu; Ranunculus vernyi Franchet et Savatier var. hirsutus (Boissieu) Koidzumi; Ranunculus vernyi Franchet et Savatier var. japonicus Nakai |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) kitune-no-botan (キツネノボタン, 狐牡丹 [meaning: fox botan (botan = Paeonia suffruticosa)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan | |
| Habitat | Roadside, forest edge, swamp |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=16 |
| Description | Plants 15-80cm tall. Flowers pedicels 1.5-6cm long, 5 calyx lobes each 2.5-4mm long, 5 yellow petals each 4-6mm long, flowering in April to July. Fruits 3.5-4mm long. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Ranunculus silerifolius H. Léveillé |
| Plant germination inhibitor and method of use thereof (US Patent 20070274956) |
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