It bears a considerable affinity to the Dracocephalum virginianum, to which, though a much rarer plant, it is inferior in point of beauty; it spreads more on the ground, its flowering stems are not altogether so upright, nor so tall, the leaves are broader, and the flowers in the spikes less numerous.
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Ranunculus Acris Flore Pleno. Double Upright Crowfoot.
Class and Order.
Polyandria Polygynia.
Generic Character.
Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5, intra ungues poro mellisero. Sem. nuda.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
RANUNCULUS acris calycibus patulis, pedunculis teretibus, foliis tripartito multifidis: summis linearibus. Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. 14. Murr. p. 517.