Species within a genus

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RANUNCULUS (La)
Buttercup, Crowsfoot (Le)
Family: RANUNCULACEAE

rana, = a frog;
-ulus, = diminutive.
ranunculus, = a little frog, a tadpole, porwiggle; a medicinal plant, called also batrachion, perhaps crowfoot, ranunculus.
(preference for marshy habitats, similar to frogs)
(ld, BL, Le)

Ranunculus muricatus (La)
Pepergras, Spiny Fruited Buttercup (Sw)
Location: (F)

murex, = the purple-fish; the purple dye, purple, made from the juice of the purple-fish;
MUREX, a genus of mollusc, which has a shell with short hard points;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
muricatus, = shaped like a purple-fish, pointed.
(muricate, i.e. rough with short hard points like the shell of MUREX)
(Alien)
(ld, BL)