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Surefoot buttercup

Ranunculus pedatifidus

Surefoot buttercup
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Grows as
Perennial
Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
C. Asia to Russian Far East and N. China
Climate
temperate

About

Ranunculus pedatifidus is a species of buttercup known by the common names surefoot buttercup, northern buttercup, and birdfoot buttercup. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring throughout the northern latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. There are two varieties, var. pedatifidus occurring mostly in Asia and var. affinis mostly native to North America.

This plant is a perennial herb producing several erect stems up to about 46 centimeters in maximum height, each bearing one or more flowers. The leaf blades are divided into several pointed lobes which are entire or subdivided. The herbage is often very hairy. The flowers have up to 10 yellow petals, though some lack petals. The achenes develop in a cylindrical head. The variety affinis is usually a more robust plant, and the leaf segments are usually not subdivided into smaller lobes.

Other Ranunculus plants

Littleleaf buttercup · Sand Buttercup · Aconite-leaf buttercup · Ranunculus acraeus · Meadow buttercup · Alpine buttercup · Fall buttercup · Plantainleaf buttercup · Allegheny Mountain buttercup · Allen's buttercup · Ranunculus altus · Waterplantain spearwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ranunculus pedatifidus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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