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Ranunculus aconitifolius
Also called Aconite Leaved Buttercup
A clump-forming perennial buttercup with white spring flowers and palmate leaves, native to central Europe, grown mainly in cottage and woodland gardens. It does best in cool, moist soil.
Ranunculus aconitifolius, the aconite-leaf buttercup or bachelor's buttons, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to central Europe. Growing to 60 cm (24 in) high by 40 cm (16 in) broad, this herbaceous perennial has slightly hairy palmate leaves up to 20 cm (8 in) long, and loose panicles of white, saucer-shaped flowers in spring.
This species forms clumps, sometimes large colonies in moist places in mountains, meadows, edges of ditches and streams.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ranunculus aconitifolius by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
