"Buttercup" redirects here. For ither uises, see Buttercup (disambiguation) .
Ranunculus ( )[1] is a lairge genus o aboot 600 species o plants in the Ranunculaceae . Memmers o the genus include the buttercups , spearworts , watter crowfits an the lesser celandine .
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Glacier butercup (Ranunculus glacialis )
Thay are maistly yerbaceous perennials wi bricht yellae or white flouers (if white, still wi a yellae centre); some are annuals or biennials . A few species hae orange or reid flouers. Thare are uisually five petals, but whiles sax, numerous, or none, as in R. auricomus . The petals are eften heichly lustrous , especially in yellae species. Buttercups uisually flouer in the ware, but flouers mey be foond throughoot the simmer, especially whaur the plants are growin as opportunistic colonisers, as in the case o gairden weeds.
Ranunculus abortivus - Littleleaf buttercup
Ranunculus aconitifolius - Aconite-leaf buttercup
Ranunculus acraeus - a newly describit species frae Otago , New Zealand
Ranunculus acris - Meadow buttercup
Ranunculus alismifolius - Plantainleaf buttercup
Ranunculus andersonii - Anderson's buttercup
Ranunculus aquatilis - Common watter crowfit
Ranunculus arvensis - Corn buttercup
Ranunculus asiaticus - Persian buttercup
Ranunculus auricomus - Gowdilocks buttercup (teep species)
Ranunculus biternatus - Antairctic buttercup
Ranunculus bonariensis - Carter's buttercup
Ranunculus bulbosus - Bulbous buttercup
Ranunculus calandrinioides - haich alpine buttercup
Ranunculus californicus - Californie buttercup
Ranunculus canus - Sacramento Valley buttercup
Ranunculus cassubicus - Kashubian buttercup
Ranunculus crassipes - Subantairctic buttercup
Ranunculus cymbalaria - Marsh buttercup
Ranunculus eschscholtzii - Alpine buttercup
Ranunculus ficaria - Lesser celandine
Ranunculus flabellaris - Yellae watter buttercup
Ranunculus flammula - Lesser spearwort
Ranunculus fluitans - River watter crowit
Ranunculus glaberrimus - Sagebrush buttercup
Ranunculus glacialis - Glacier buttercup
Ranunculus gormanii - Gorman's buttercup
Ranunculus hebecarpus - Delicate buttercup
Ranunculus hispidus - Bristly buttercup
Ranunculus hydrocharoides - Frogbit buttercup
Ranunculus jovis - Utah buttercup
Ranunculus kadzusensis Makino - Maehwamarum (see Ganghwa Maehwamarum Habitat )
Ranunculus lapponicus - Lapland buttercup
Ranunculus lingua - Greater spearwort
Ranunculus lobbii - Lobb's buttercup
Ranunculus longirostris - Watter buttercup
Ranunculus lyallii - Munt Cook Lily - reputedly the lairgest buttercup
Ranunculus macounii - Macoun's buttercup
Ranunculus micranthus - Smaa-flouered crowfit
Ranunculus moseleyi - Moseley's buttercup
Ranunculus muricatus - Spinyfruit buttercup
Ranunculus occidentalis - Wastren buttercup
Ranunculus orthorhynchus - Straightbeak buttercup
Ranunculus papulentus - Lairge River buttercup
Ranunculus parviflorus - Smawflouer buttercup
Ranunculus pedatifidus - birdfit buttercup
Ranunculus peltatus - Pond watter crowfit
Ranunculus pensylvanicus - Pennsylvania buttercup
Ranunculus platanifolius - Lairge white buttercup
Ranunculus populago - Popular buttercup
Ranunculus pusillus - Laich spearwort
Ranunculus pygmaeus - Pygmy buttercup
Ranunculus recurvatus - Hooked Crowfoot
Ranunculus repens - Creepin buttercup
Ranunculus rionii
Ranunculus sardous - Hairy buttercup, Sardinian buttercup
Ranunculus sceleratus - Celery-leaved buttercup
Ranunculus septentrionalis - Swamp buttercup
Ranunculus sieboldii [2]
Ranunculus testiculatus - Bur buttercup
Ranunculus thora - Thora buttercup
Ranunculus uncinatus - Widlaund buttercup
See Leet o Ranunculus species for a mair complete leet wi native ranges.
Leet o plants poisonous tae equines
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Notes
Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
Sources
"GRIN Species Records of Ranunculus " . Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) . United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. Retrieved 8 Januar 2008 .