猫爪草(Ranunculus ternatus)为毛莨科毛莨属多年生草本植物,茎高5-17厘米,基生叶丛生,有长柄,无毛;茎生叶多无柄,较小,细裂.开黄色小花数朵.其块根数个簇生,肉质,近纺锤形,黑色,形似猫爪,故名猫爪草.猫爪草喜温湿、荫蔽,耐寒冷、荒瘠,野生资源均与芭根草(目前是草坪类草的主要草种,节节生根,匍匐生长)伴生.猫爪草地下块茎生命力极强,耐人畜践踏,破断的小块茎在泥土中半年不会霉烂.猫爪草在夏季有一段相当长的休眠期(5月至10月).在北纬28°-42°,一般是从10月上旬地下块茎开始萌发,5月中旬枝叶枯死.它极耐寒 Ranunculus ternatus (Ranunculus ternatus) Ranunculaceae is a perennial herbs Ranunculaceae, stems 5-17 cm tall, basal leaves tufted, long-handled, glabrous; stem leaves more sessile, smaller, finely divided. Open a few yellow flowers. The number of its roots clustered, succulent, nearly spindle, black, shaped like a cat’s claw, hence the name cat claw grass. Cat claw grass hi temperature and humidity, shade, cold, barren, wild resources are with Root grass (currently the main grass species of turfgrass, rooting steadily, creeping growth) associated with .Only the tuber of Cat’s Claw grass vitality, trampling people and livestock trampled, broken tubers will not mildew in the soil for six months. There is a rather long dormant period in summer (May-October), and at 28 ° -42 ° north latitude, germination starts from underground tubers in early October and leaves and leaves withered in mid-May.