Meadow
Buttercup
Ranunculus
acris
Creeping
Buttercup
Ranunculus
repens
Ranunculus
is a genus of about 500 species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae.
Members of the genus include the Buttercups, Spearworts and Water Crowfoots.
Three
Common Buttercups
10 May 2019
Meadow
Buttercup
Ranunculus
acris
Creeping
Buttercup
Ranunculus
repens
Bulbous
Buttercup
Ranunculus
bulbosus
Silverweed
not
a buttercup
Argentina
anserina is a synonym of Potentilla anserina L., the accepted
name of a perennial flowering plant in the Rose
family, Rosaceae.
8 April 2019
Lesser
Celandine
Ranunculus
ficaria has become Ficaria verna
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May 2006
One of the most dramatic wild flower events was the explosion of Bulbous Buttercups on the pasture south-east of Old Erringham Farm and adjacent to the Mill Hill Nature Reserve. These buttercups are always superabundant in this field, but this year they seem to cover almost the entire area. They even rival the Horseshoe Vetch, Hippocrepis comosa, on Mill Hill from a distance.
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Bulbous Buttercup |
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Bulbous Buttercup
Ranunculus bulbosus has the sepals bent back It flowers earlier than the Meadow Buttercup (from April) and prefers drier habitats. |
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Meadow Buttercup
Ranunculus acris Over 30 cm high. This is the tall buttercup of meadows. |
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Creeping Buttercup
Ranunculus repens Illustrated on right, furrowed stem Spreads by runners and spreads with overgrazing |
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Creeping
Cinquefoil
Potentilla reptans not a buttercup
click on the image for leaves |
| Lesser Celandine
Ranunculus ficaria |
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