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Ranunculaceae

Family · 36 species with a result in Ohio

36 species

Actaea 2

black cohosh (Actaea racemosa)black cohoshActaea racemosaPhoto © dogtooth77 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Late May to late August, middle week Jul 12–18white baneberry (Actaea pachypoda)white baneberryActaea pachypodaPhoto © dogtooth77 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0No season shown

Anemonastrum 1

Canada anemone (Anemonastrum canadense)Canada anemoneAnemonastrum canadensePhoto © Dendroica cerulea · CC BY 4.0Early May to late July, middle week May 31 – Jun 6

Anemone 5

Greek anemone (Anemone blanda)Greek anemoneAnemone blandaPhoto © Li Jianong · CC BY-NC 4.0Mid-March to late April, middle week Apr 5–11Blue Anemone (Anemone apennina)Blue AnemoneAnemone apenninaPhoto © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0Late March to late April, middle week Apr 12–18yellow woodland anemone (Anemone ranunculoides)yellow woodland anemoneAnemone ranunculoidesPhoto © Veveris · CC BY-NC 4.0Late March to late April, middle week Apr 12–18American wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia)American wood anemoneAnemone quinquefoliaPhoto © laurenis4animals · CC BY-NC 4.0Mid-April to mid-May, middle week Apr 26 – May 2tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)tall thimbleweedAnemone virginianaPhoto © Zihao Wang · CC BY 4.0Early June to late October, middle week Jul 12–18

Aquilegia 2

red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)red columbineAquilegia canadensisPhoto © Sadie Hickey · CC BY-NC 4.0Mid-April to mid-June, middle week May 10–16common columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris)common columbineAquilegia vulgarisPhoto © Pekka Malinen · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Caltha 1

marsh marigold (Caltha palustris)marsh marigoldCaltha palustrisPhoto © eeyipes · CC BY-NC 4.0Late March to late May, middle week Apr 19–25

Clematis 3

Vase-vine Leatherflower (Clematis viorna)Vase-vine LeatherflowerClematis viornaPhoto © Patrick Coin · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Mid-June to early August, middle week Jul 5–11virgin's-bower (Clematis virginiana)virgin's-bowerClematis virginianaLate in its seasonPhoto © Michael J. Papay · CC BY 4.0Late May to late November, middle week Aug 23–29autumn clematis (Clematis terniflora)autumn clematisClematis ternifloraPhoto © 藜梓柠 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Coptis 1

threeleaf goldthread (Coptis trifolia)threeleaf goldthreadCoptis trifoliaPhoto © Superior National Forest · CC BY 4.0

Delphinium 2

dwarf larkspur (Delphinium tricorne)dwarf larkspurDelphinium tricornePhoto © Elizabeth Sellers · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Late March to mid-May, middle week Apr 26 – May 2doubtful knight's-spur (Delphinium ajacis)doubtful knight's-spurDelphinium ajacisPhoto © mario bianco prevot · CC BY-NC 4.0Early June to mid-July, middle week Jun 21–27

Enemion 1

false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum)false rue anemoneEnemion biternatumPhoto © lindseycm · CC BY-NC 4.0Mid-March to early May, middle week Apr 12–18

Eranthis 1

Winter Aconite (Eranthis hyemalis)Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalisPhoto © Nicolas Schwab · CC BY-NC 4.0Early February to early May, middle week Mar 8–14

Ficaria 1

lesser celandine (Ficaria verna)lesser celandineFicaria vernaPhoto © Bernard Picton · CC BY 4.0Early March to early May, middle week Apr 5–11

Helleborus 1

Lenten-rose (Helleborus orientalis)Lenten-roseHelleborus orientalisPhoto © Schnobby · CC BY-SA 4.0

Hepatica 2

sharp-lobed hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba)sharp-lobed hepaticaHepatica acutilobaPhoto © Gary Yankech · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Early March to early November, middle week Apr 19–25round-lobed hepatica (Hepatica americana)round-lobed hepaticaHepatica americanaPhoto © Michael J. Papay · CC BY 4.0

Hydrastis 1

Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis)GoldensealHydrastis canadensisPhoto © windwoodva · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown

Nigella 1

love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena)love-in-a-mistNigella damascenaPhoto © Serey Lek · CC BY-NC 4.0

Ranunculus 8

rock buttercup (Ranunculus micranthus)rock buttercupRanunculus micranthusPhoto © Fluff Berger · CC BY-SA 4.0Late March to late April, middle week Apr 12–18small-flowered buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus)small-flowered buttercupRanunculus abortivusPhoto © Scott King · CC BY-NC 4.0Late March to mid-May, middle week Apr 19–25Swamp Buttercup (Ranunculus septentrionalis)Swamp ButtercupRanunculus septentrionalisPhoto © Fritz Flohr Reynolds · CC BY-SA 4.0Mid-April to late May, middle week Apr 19–25bristly buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus)bristly buttercupRanunculus hispidusPhoto © William Van Hemessen · CC BY-NC 4.0Early April to late May, middle week Apr 26 – May 2Creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens)Creeping buttercupRanunculus repensPhoto © Reiner Richter · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0cursed crowfoot (Ranunculus sceleratus)cursed crowfootRanunculus sceleratusPhoto © Brian Finzel · CC BY-SA 4.0Hooked buttercup (Ranunculus recurvatus)Hooked buttercupRanunculus recurvatusPhoto © Greg Funka · CC BY-NC 4.0meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris)meadow buttercupRanunculus acrisPhoto © rasanaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

Thalictrum 3

rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)rue anemoneThalictrum thalictroidesPhoto © Rene Kimray · CC BY-NC 4.0Late March to mid-May, middle week Apr 19–25early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum)early meadow-rueThalictrum dioicumPhoto © dogtooth77 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0tall meadow-rue (Thalictrum pubescens)tall meadow-rueThalictrum pubescensPhoto © Josh Emm · CC BY-NC 4.0

Missing records do not mean a species is absent.