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Ranunculus petiolaris
Ranunculus petiolaris is a small, much-branched herbaceous buttercup from the Americas, native to the tropics and seasonally dry regions from Arizona and Texas south to Honduras and in parts of northern South America. It is a wild species, not a common garden plant, and is grown mainly by enthusiasts interested in native buttercups.
Ranunculus petiolaris, the Latin American buttercup, is a herbaceous plant native to the Americas, mainly in the tropics. It belongs to the family Ranunculaceae.
In the USA, Ranunculus petiolaris occurs in the southernmost states of Arizona and Texas. It appears throughout Mexico, south to Guatemala and Honduras, plus in South America a disjunct population occurs from Venezuela to Peru.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ranunculus petiolaris 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.
