''Ranunculus arvensis'', the corn buttercup or field buttercup, is a plant species in the family Ranunculaceae. Native to Europe, it can be found on other continents as an introduced species and sometimes a weed, including in North America and Australia. It was formerly a common annual arable weed in Britain, but is now rare there. It is most often found in moist places, such as spring puddles in meadows. Many local common names refer to the spines on the seed heads or the

achene An achene (; ), also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or achenocarp, is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. Achenes are monocarpellate (formed from one carpel) and indehiscent (they do not ope ...

s on the mature fruit: *devil's claws *hellweed *devil-on-both-sides *devil's coach wheel *devil's currycombs *crowclaws ( Yorkshire) *horse-gold (Yorkshire) *eggs-and-bacon (

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...

) *jackweed (

Oxfordshire Oxfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the north west of South East England. It is a mainly rural county, with its largest settlement being the city of Oxford. The county is a centre of research and development, primarily ...

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Jepson Manual Treatment

Washington Burke Museum

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arvensis Flora of Europe Flora of England Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Ranunculales-stub