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Ranunculus / r æ ˈ n ʌ ŋ k j ʊ l ə s / [3] is a large genus of about 1750 species [1] [2] of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae. Members of the genus are known as buttercups, spearworts and water crowfoots. The genus is distributed worldwide, primarily in temperate and montane regions. [2]
Conopholis americana, the American cancer-root, bumeh or bear corn, is a perennial, [3] non-photosynthesizing (or "achlorophyllous") parasitic plant. It is from the family Orobanchaceae and more recently from the genus Conopholis but also listed as Orobanche, native but not endemic to North America. When blooming, it resembles a pine cone or ...
Ranunculus aestivalis is a rare species of buttercup known by the common names fall buttercup [1] and autumn buttercup. It is endemic to the state of Utah in the United States, where it exists only in Garfield County next to the Sevier River . [ 2 ]
The hydrastine concentrations of goldenseal plants range between 1.5% and 5%, while the berberine concentrations are usually between 0.5% and 4.5%. [10] Goldenseal is harvested for its rhizomes because the concentrations of hydrastine and berberine in the shoots do not meet these requirements. [9]
Ranunculus lappaceus, commonly known as the common buttercup, Australian buttercup or Yarrakalgamba, [1] is found across eastern Australia. [2] Like buttercups elsewhere, it is a perennial herb with yellow flowers appearing in spring and summer. James Edward Smith described it in 1815, and it still bears its original name. [1]
The good news for the milkvetch plant is that they usually need wildfire to sprout — meaning dormant seeds now have a massive new habitat for a new crop of the rare shrub.
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This plant, like other buttercups, contains the toxic glycoside ranunculin, which gives it a bitter, acid taste, so cases of poisoning in humans are rare. [9] It is also avoided by livestock when fresh, but when the plant dries the toxin is lost, so hay containing the plant is safe for animal consumption. [ 3 ]