Ranunculus is a large genus of about 1750 species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae. Members of the genus are known as buttercups, spearworts and water crowfoots.
Ranunculus asiaticus, the Persian buttercup, is a species of buttercup native to the eastern Mediterranean region, southwestern Asia, southeastern Europe, and northeastern Africa.
Ranunculus
…that they like butter. Glacier buttercup Ranunculus glacialis Sagebrush buttercup (Ranunculus glaberrimus) Creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens) Ranunculus asiaticus, a cultivated form Fruit Seed head of Ranunculus showing developing achenes Infrutescence of Ranunculus arvensis The fruits (in this case called achenes…
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Heart of Gold, a cultivated form of Ranunculus asiaticus