Transformational Gardening

Tall Buttercup (Common Buttercup) (Poisonous) (Ranunculus acris): Images

Date Location Notes Images
May 27, 2010 Southeastern, New Hampshire (Poisonous) ☠
This is a plant I had not seen since a Spring 2009 foraging class that I took. The Buttercup from that class was only a few inches tall. These Buttercup plants are over two feet tall. Notice how the 5-petaled flowers form a yellow cup. The basal leaves are several inches wide and divided into 3-7 deeped cleft parts. The upper leaves are long, thin and lanceolate.
Date Location Notes Images
May 22, 2012 Southeastern, New Hampshire I went through a key to confirm identity of this Ranunculus:
  • Plant not aquatic.
  • Leaves lobed or compound.
  • Leaves monomorphic, relatively similar in general pattern.
  • Leaved lobed (in this case very deeply lobed), but not compound. Leaf with winged, ill-defined petiolules.
  • Stems erect.
  • Sepals spreading or reflexed from the base of the flower (in this case spreading).
  • Petals 7-11 mm, longer than the sepals. Sepals spreading.
Date Location Notes Images
July 1, 2012 Southeastern, New Hampshire