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Fan-leaved water-crowfoot; Europe; Ranunculus clivicola B.G.Briggs: Alpine regions of southeastern Australia; Ranunculus coloradensis (L. Benson) L. Benson: Ranunculus cordiger Viviani: Ranunculus cortusifolius Willd. Azores buttercup; Ranunculus crassipes: Subantarctic buttercup; Subantarctic region
Buttercups usually flower in the spring, but flowers may be found throughout the summer, especially where the plants are growing as opportunistic colonizers, as in the case of garden weeds. The water crowfoots ( Ranunculus subgenus Batrachium ), which grow in still or running water, are sometimes treated in a separate genus Batrachium (from ...
Ranunculus trichophyllus, the threadleaf crowfoot, [3] or thread-leaved water-crowfoot, [4] [5] is a plant species in the genus Ranunculus, native to Europe, Asia and North America. It is a herbaceous annual or perennial plant generally found in slow flowing streams, ponds, or lakes. The daisy-like flowers are white with a yellow centre, with ...
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 ...
The leaves are dark blueish-green on the upper surface and paler below, 2.5-3.5 cm across, with 3-5 shallow lobes that are broadest at the base. The flowers are solitary on 1-2 cm long pedicels which arise opposite a leaf. They have 5 narrow petals about 3 mm long, which are white with a yellow base and a crescent-shaped (lunate) nectar pit.
Ranunculus asiaticus, the Persian buttercup, is a species of buttercup native to the eastern Mediterranean region, southwestern Asia, southeastern Europe (Crete, Karpathos and Rhodes), and northeastern Africa. [1] It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing up to 45 cm tall, with simple or branched stems.
Ranunculus tripartitus (three-lobed crowfoot) is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, which grows in pools and muddy hollows in coastal parts of Europe, North Africa and West Asia. It is rare and endangered throughout its range, and is considered to be an indicator of favourable environmental conditions.
Ranunculus baudotii, brackish water-crowfoot, is a flowering plant in the Ranunculaceae (buttercup family). As the name suggests, it tends to grow near the sea, typically in pools and ditches in coastal marshes that are slightly salty due to sea spray. It can also be found inland where there is some saline influence.