Ranunculus (Buttercup) is a genus of herb in the family Ranunculaceae. They are native to Canada, Saint-Pierre Et Miquelon, Puerto Rico, Greenland, Alaska, The Contiguous United States, and Hawaii. They have achenes.
Definition: a fruit which develops from a carpel or gyneocium and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp, a dry mesocarp, and a dry endocarp that are connected to a seed coat by a funicle
