Common Buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
A high growing flower, up to 70cm, with 5 glossy yellow petals. This plant species is common around the world. Often seen in meadows and along edges of forests.
Last changed on 2024-12-16
Common Names
- Common Buttercup 🇨🇦
- Bouton d'or, Renoncule âcre 🇫🇷
- Scharfer Hahnenfuß 🇩🇪
- Botón de oro, Hierba belida 🇲🇽
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Characteristics & Identification
How to Identify
Distinguishable characteristics are the intense yellow colour of the 5 petals and the thin and high growing nature of this plant.
Where and When to Spot
Around Montreal, I start seeing this flower early June in wildflower meadows and edge of forests along wildflower meadows.
Taxonomy
- Order: Ranunculales
- Family: Ranunculaceae
- Species: Ranunculus acris
Morphology
Flowers
- Color: yellow
- Shape: stellate
- Inflorescence: solitary
Leaves
- Arrangement: basal
- Petiole: long
- Shape: lobed
- Margin: lobed
- Venation: palmate
Observations by Park and Season
| Location | Spring | Summer | Autumn | Winter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jardin Botanique de Montréal | x | x | - | - |
| Parc Angrignon | - | x | - | - |
"-" indicates no observation. It may not necessarily mean though that the species is absent from the park during that season.