![]() It is now found throughout New England and most of the other states. Native to Eurasia, Creeping buttercup may have been introduced into to North America from England as an agricultural weed. Creeping buttercup can be toxic to grazing animals, but livestock generally avoid it because it has a bitter taste. It also depletes potassium in the soil, reducing the nutrients available for native plants. ImpactsĬreeping buttercup grows rapidly and can form thick carpets that crowd out native plants, particularly in wet soils. The white markings on the leaves and its creeping, densely colonial growth form help to distinguish creeping buttercup. Similar SpeciesĬreeping buttercup is similar to several other species of buttercup (Ranunculus spp.) it may be mistaken for the native swamp buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus) or a few other non-native buttercups, such as the tall buttercup (Ranunculus acris). ![]() The fruits are dispersed by hooking onto passing birds and mammals, or are carried by wind or water. It also produces tiny (about 0.1 inch in diameter) spherical fruits (achenes) that have sharp edges and a short, curved beak at the end. Reproductive/Dispersal MethodsĬreeping buttercup has long stolons, runners that can produce new roots and flowering stems. Creeping buttercup prefers moist fields and meadows where the soil is rich it also grows along roadsides and in moist sand or gravel. Its bright yellow flowers are about 1 inch in diameter, grow singly on long stalks, with 5 (occasionally 7) petals and spreading sepals. The plant flowers from May through July or August. Leaves range from ½ to 3 1/3 inches long and up to 4 inches wide. The leaves, which are dark green with white, blotchy markings, are divided into nine sharply toothed segments (technically, each leaf is divided into 3 leaflets, and each leaflet is subdivided into three subleaflets).The central leaflet has a stalk. Leaves at the base of the plant have long petioles leaves that are higher on the stem have shorter petioles or lack petioles. Plants have thick stems and may be as much as 1 foot tall. To leave a comment please Register or login here All comments need to be approved so will not appear immediately.(Ranunculus repens L.) Family: Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae) Native Range: EurasiaĬreeping buttercup is an herbaceous perennial that grows along the ground. Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens L.) Family: Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae) Native Range: Eurasia Reproductive/Dispersal Methods Similar Species. * Please note: the comments by website users are not necessarily those held by PFAF and may give misleading or inaccurate information. If you think a comment/link or information contained on this page is inaccurate or misleading we would welcome your feedback at If you have questions about a plant please use the Forum on this website as we do not have the resources to answer questions ourselves. Only comments or links that are felt to be directly relevant to a plant will be included. Its traits are fairly variable and its many varieties are easily mistaken for other native and non-native buttercups. If you have important information about this plant that may help other users please add a comment or link below. Western buttercup is a common, perennial, native forb/herb in the crowfoot or buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). I've been putting buttercups in the compost heap with no problems getting the pile to heat up and compost. ![]() To return some of the nutrition they have absorbed back into the soil via I am a great believer in drying perennial weed roots# If it is safe to put o n the compost heap after thorough drying or should I had heard that this plant was poisonous to soil bacteria, and wondered Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.įor a list of references used on this page please go here Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). Rough-Seed Buttercup, Spinyfruit buttercupĬelery-Leaved Buttercup, Cursed buttercup Lesser Spearwort, Greater creeping spearwort Lesser Celandine - Pilewort, Fig buttercup Meadow Buttercup, Tall buttercup, Showy buttercup
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