Buttercup, Description, Species, & Facts

Buttercup, genus of about 300 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae. Buttercups are distributed nearly worldwide and are especially common in woods and fields of the north temperate zone. Several are cultivated as ornamentals and for the floral industry.

California Buttercup - Presidio of San Francisco (U.S. National Park Service)

Ranunculaceae: Buttercup Family. Identify plants and flowers.

Fig Buttercup (Ficaria verna)

Ranunculus acris - Wikipedia

Lesser Celandine – New York Invasive Species Information

The Playful Buttercup Flower » FloraQueen EN

Western Buttercup – Sparrowhawk Native Plants

Bulbous buttercup The Wildlife Trusts

Ranunculus septentrionalis (Swamp Buttercup) Ranunculaceae

The name buttercup may derive from a false belief that the plants give butter its characteristic yellow hue (in fact it is poisonous to cows and other Stock Photo - Alamy