RANUNCULACEAE

I-RANUNCULACEAE  THIS IS THE OLD KEY

CHANGES

ISOPYRUM TO ENEMIUM  CIMIFUGA TO ACTEA HEPATICA TO ANEMONE

SYNDESMON TO THALICTRUM, BATRACHIUM TO RANUNCULUS,FICARIA TO RANUNCULUS,HALEROESTES TO RANUNCULUS,VIORNA TO CLEMATIS AND ATRAGENE TO CLEMATIS  THEN YOU CAN USE THE KEY

 ADONIS

AQUILEGIA

 RANUNCULACEAE

 RANUNCULUS

TROLIUS

II-HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS  NO PETALS ,FLOWER SOLITARY,LEAFLOBED YO PALMATILOBED,HEAD OF BERRIES RUIT

II-CALTHA  NO PETALS FRUIT HEAD OF FOLLICLES

1- CALTHA PALUSTRIS  STEM ERECT LEAVES CORDATE FLOWER YELLOW

2- CALTHA PALUSTRIS VAR FLABELLIFOLIA STEM ERECT OR RECLINING FLOWER YELLOW

3- CALTHA NATANS  CREEPING OR FLOATING FLOWER NOT YELLOW

III- TROLLIUS LAXUS

SEPAL PETALOID,PETALS LINEAR WITH NECTARIUS FRUIT HEAD OF FOLLICLES

 WHAT YOU SEE SIMILAR TO PETALS ARE SEPALS

IV-HELLEBORUS VIRIDIS ERECT PALMATILOBED PLANT WITH SEPAL PETALOID AND PETALS UNGUICULATED,FEW FOLLICLES

V-ERANTHIS HYEMALIS  THE SCAPE HAVE ONE FLOWER

VI-COPTIS TRIFOLIA

 LOW HERB SCAPOSE LEAVES, 3 DIVIDED

VII-ENEMION BITERNATUM=ISOPYRUM BITERNATUM

   LEAVESTERNATELY DECOMPOUND SOLITARY OR PANICLE FLOWERS

VIII- XANTHORRHIZA SIMPLICISSIMA

SHRUBBY WITH PINNATE BIPINNATE LEQAVES ONE SEEDED FOLLICLES

IX ACTAEA  ERECT USUALLY TERNATE LEAVES FRUIT BERRIES

A-BERRY FRUIT  TERMINAL RACEMES

1 ACTAEA  RUBRA

2-ACTAEA PACHYPODA

B- FOLLICLES RACEMEMES ELONGATE  CIMIFUGA

1-ACTEA RACEMOSA

2-ACTEA CORDIFOLIA

3-ACTEA PODOCARPA

X-AQUILEGIA  ERECT PLANT WITHH TERNATELY DECOMPOUND LEAVES,SHOWY FLOWER WITH SPUR HEAD OF FOLLICLES

1- AQUILEGIA CANADENSIS

2- AQUILEJIA BREVISTYLA

3 AQUILEGIA VULGARIS

 4 AQUILEJIA ILLUSTRATION

XI-DLEPHIMIUM  ERECT BRANCHING HERB RACEMOSEOSE OR PANICLE PURRED  FLOWER  LEAVES PALMATELY LOBED FRUIT  AGGREGATE OF FOLLICLES\

1-CONSOLIDA AJACIS= DELPHINIUM AJACIS

2-DELPHINIUM EXALTATUM

3-DELPHINIUM TRLEASEI

4-DELPHINIUM NUTTALIANUM

5-DELPHINIUM CAROLINIANUM

6- DELPHINIUM  CAROLINIANUM SSP VIRESCENS

7- DELPHINIUM TRICORNE

XII- ACONITUM LONG ERECT OR TRAILING PLANT WITH PALMATE LEAVES  LARGE HOODED FLOWER

1-ACONITUM COLUMBIANUM

2- ACONITUM UNCINATUM

3- ACONITUM RECLINATUM

XIII- ANEMONE ERECT HERBS,BASAL LEAVES LOBED TO DISSECTED  THOSE OF STEM FORM AN INVOLUCRE  FLOWER NO PETALS FRUIT APPRESED ACHENES COLUMNAR

A-ANEMONE

1-ANEMONE  CAROLINIANUM

2-ANEMONE PARVIFLORA

3- ANEMONE PARVIFLORA

3-ANEMONE MULTIFIDA

4- ANEMONE CYLINDRICA

5- ANEMONE VIRGINIANA

6- ANEMONE CANADENSIS

7-ANEMONE QUIQUEIFOLIA

8 ANEMONE RICHARDSONII

9- ANEMONE LANCIFOLIA

B- ANEMONE HEPATICA  3 LOBED  LEAF PLANT

1-ANEMONE AMERICANA=HEPATICA AMERICANA

2-ANEMONE ACUTILOBA -HEPATICA ACUTILOBA

C- ANEMONE -PULSATILLA

1- ANEMONE PATENS = PULSATILLA PATENS

XIV-MYOSURUS MINIMUS   DIMINITUVE PLANTT WITH LINEAR SPATULATE LEAVES ACHENES PYRAMIDAL

XV-RANUNCULUS SWAMP.MARSH OR TERRESTIAL PLANTS,WITH ALTERNATE ENTIRE,DENTICULATE OR LOBED  LEAVES, WITH NECTARIOUS AND SCALES AT BASE OF PETALS,FRUIT AN AGGREGATE OF ACHENES

1-RANUNCULUS FLABELLARIS

2-RANUNCULUS GMELINII

3-RANUNCULUS HYPERBOREUS

4-RANUNCULUS LAPPONICUS

5-RANUNCULUS POSILLUS

6-RANUNCULUS FLAMMULA VAR REPTANS

7-RANUNCULUS AMBIGENS

8-RANUNCULUS NIVALIS

9-RANUNCULUS PYGMAEUS

10-RANUNCULUS PEDATIFIDUS

11-RANUNCULUS CARDIOPHYLLUS

12-RANUNCULUS ALLENII

13-RANUNCULUS RHOMBOIDEUS

14-RANUNCULUS HARVEYI

15-RANUNCULUS ABORTIVUS

16-RANUNCULUS MICRANTHUS

17-RANUNCULUS ALLEGHENENSIS

18-RANUNCULUS SCELERATUS

19-RANUNCULUS RECURVATUS

20-RANUNCULUS ACRIS

21-RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS

22-RANUNCULUS PENSYLVANICUS

23-RANUNCULUS MACOUNII

24-RANUNCULUS REPENS

25-RANUNCULUS SEPTENTRIONALIS

26-RANUNCULUS HISPIDUS

27-RANUNCULUS FASCICULARIS

28-RANUNCULUS SARDOUS

29-RANUNCULUS PARVIFLORUS

30-RANUNCULUS MURICATUS 

31-RANUNCULUS ARVENSIS

32-RANUNCULUS AQUATILIS VAR DIFFUSUS=BATRACHIUM TRICHOPHYLLUM

33-RANUNCULUS HEDERACEUS=BATRACHIUM HEDERACEUM

34-RANUNCULUS FICARIA=FICARIA FICARIA

35- RANUNCULUS CYMBALARIA= HALERPESTES CYMBALARIA

XVI-THALICTRUM ERECT PLANT WITH TERNATELY COMPOUN LEAVES  FLOWER VARIOUSLY FROM PERFECT TO DIOUCIOUS, NO PETAS IN FLOWER  SEPALS DECIDUOUS ACHENES FEW

1- THALICTHRUM THALICTROIDES

2-THALICTRUM ALPINUM

SEEEDS

3-THALICTRUM CLAVATUM 

4-THALICTRUM CORIACEUM

4-THALICTRUM REVOLUTUM

5-THALICTRUM DASYCARPUM

6-THALICTRUM VENULOSUM

7-THALICTRUM DIOICUM

8-THALICTRUM POLYGAMUM

XVII-ADONIS ANNUA HERBACEOUS WITH ALTERNATE LEAVES PINNETELY DISSECTET SEGMENTS,

XVIII-CLEMATIS-VIORNA-ATRAGENE

A-CLEMATIS VINES WITH OPPOSSITE TRIFOLIATE LEAVES,PISTILS NUMEROUS  PLOMOSE  PETALS NONE STAMEN SPREADING SEPALS SEPARATE

1-CLEMATIS  VIRGINIANA

2-CLEMATIS LIGUSTICIFOLIA

B-CLEMATIS -VIORNA   ERECT OR VINES ,NO PETALS STAMEN ERECT OPPOSITE LEAVES SIMPLE TO PINNATE SEPALS CONNATE VISTOUS

1-CLEMATIS CRISPA=VIORNA CRISPA   VINE TRIFOLIATE

2-CLEMATIS ADDISONII=VIORNA ADDISONII   ASCENDING ERECT SIMPLE LEAVES

3-CLEMATIS PITCHERI=VIORNA PITCHERI  VINE  PINNATE LEAVES

4-CLEMATIS VERSICOLOR=VIORNA VERSICOLOR  VINE LEAVES SIMPLE TO PINNATE SLENDER PETIOLES

5-CLEMATIS VIORNA=VIORNA VIORNA   VINE LEAVES SIMPLE TO TRIFOLIATE

6-CLEMATIS GLAUCOPHYLLA VIORNA GLAUCOPHYLLA RED VINE SIMPLE LEAF

7-CLEMATISOCCHROLEUCA=VIORNA OVATA  ERECT PLANT LEAF SIMPLE SESSILE

8-CLEMATIS FREMOMONTII=VIORNA FREMONTII   LEAVES SIMPLE  ERECT PLANT

9-CLEMATIS HIRSUTISSIMA VAR SCOTTII=VIORNA SCOTTII ERECT PINNATE TO BIPINNATE LEAVES

C- CLEMATIS -ATRAGENE  VINE WITH SOLITARY BIG FLOWER,PETAS SMALL,SEPAL VISTOUS,PISTIL PLUMOSE SPREADING LEAVES TRIFOLIATE

1- CLEMATIS OCCIDENTALIS=ATRAGENE AMERICANA