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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 ...
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Species & synonyms Common names Native range Illustration Ranunculus californicus Benth.: California buttercup; California; Ranunculus canus Benth.: Sacramento Valley buttercup
Ranunculus flammula, the lesser spearwort, [2] greater creeping spearwort [3] or banewort, is a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Ranunculus (buttercup), growing in damp places throughout the Boreal Kingdom. It flowers June/July.
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.
Ranunculaceae (/ r ə n ʌ ŋ k j uː ˈ l eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /, buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin rānunculus "little frog", from rāna "frog") is a family of over 2,000 known species of flowering plants in 43 genera, [2] distributed worldwide. The largest genera are Ranunculus (600 species), Delphinium (365), Thalictrum (330 ...
Ranunculus lapponicus, the Lapland buttercup, [1] is distributed all over the arctic, with the exception of northern and eastern Greenland. It is a low, prostrate plant with a creeping, underground stem which sends out long stalks and shoots bearing the flowers. The leaves are deeply tripartite, forming 3 lobes which are toothed or crenated
There are at least 78 members of the barberry and buttercup order, Ranunculales, found in Montana. [1] Some of these species are exotics (not native to Montana) [ 2 ] and some species have been designated as Species of Concern .