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Ranunculus bulbosus, commonly known as bulbous buttercup or St. Anthony's turnip, [1] is a perennial flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. It has bright yellow flowers, and deeply divided, three-lobed long-petioled basal leaves.
Aboriginal peoples of British Columbia used buttercup leaves and juice for treating for boils, skin sores, muscular pain, colds and respiratory ailments. [6] The leaves and juice of Bulbous buttercup, which is also a member of the Ranunculaceae, have similarly been used for medical purposes and the root is edible after it is boiled. [8]
Little-leaf buttercup; Small-flower crowfoot; Kidney-leaf buttercup; Small-flowered buttercup; North America; Ranunculus acaulis DC. [6] Dune buttercup; Sand buttercup; Shore buttercup; New Zealand; Ranunculus acer auct. = Ranunculus acris: Ranunculus acetosellifolius Boiss. Southwestern Europe; Ranunculus aconitifolius L. Aconite-leaf ...
MCPB, 2,4-MCPB, 4-(4-chloro-o-tolyloxy)butyric acid (), or 4-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)butanoic acid is a phenoxybutyric herbicide.In the United States it is registered for use on pea crops before flowering, for post-emergence control of broadleaf annual and perennial weeds including Canadian thistle, buttercup, mustard, purslane, ragweed, common lambsquarters, pigweed, smartweed, sowthistle ...
The familiar and widespread buttercup of gardens throughout Northern Europe (and introduced elsewhere) is the creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens, which has extremely tough and tenacious roots. Two other species are also widespread, the bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus and the much taller meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris .
This is a list of herbicides. These are chemical compounds which have been registered as herbicides . The names on the list are the ISO common name for the active ingredient which is formulated into the branded product sold to end-users. [ 1 ]
A true bulb (i.e. a bulb in the botanical sense) is an underground vertical shoot that has modified leaves (or thickened leaf bases) that are used as food storage organs by the plant. The bottom of the bulb is made up of a short section of stem forming the basal plate.
Creeping buttercup was sold in many parts of the world as an ornamental plant, and has now become an invasive species in many parts of the world. [3] Like most buttercups, Ranunculus repens is poisonous, although these poisons are lost when dried with hay. The taste of buttercups is acrid, so cattle avoid eating them. The plants then take ...