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Ranunculus hederaceus
Also called Ivy-Leaved Crowfoot, Ivy Leaf Crowfoot, Ivy Leaved Buttercup
Ivy buttercup is a small creeping aquatic or semi-aquatic buttercup that carpets shallow water, ditch edges and wet mud. It thrives in wet, sunny spots with its roots in moist or shallow water.
Ranunculus hederaceus is a flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae.
Ivy-leaved crowfoot is commonly associated with bare muddy ground close to water, carpeting shallow water and drainage ditches. It often grows on the cattle-poached edges of ponds, ditches and streams, in wet gateways and on paths and tracks and sometimes disappears for a year or two in dry times.
Known to cause gastrointestinal distress, but also sometimes used to treat skin conditions and wounds (wildflowerweb).
Littleleaf buttercup · Aconite-leaf buttercup · Meadow buttercup · White water crowfoot · Asian Buttercup · Brackish Water-crowfoot · St. Anthony's turnip · Ranunculus calandrinioides · California buttercup · Greater creeping spearwort · Glacier buttercup · Ranunculus gramineus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ranunculus hederaceus 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.
