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Also Known As	crowfoot • Ranunculus

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Three orange Persian buttercup flowers (Ranunculus asiaticus) with tightly layered petals, surrounded by green leaves.

sagebrush buttercup

yellow water buttercup

Buttercups (genus Ranunculus).

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Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

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