Species: Bulbous Buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus)
Family: Buttercups (RANUNCULACEAE)
Category: Flowering Plants
Location: Widespread
A. Flowering Plants
More extensive information on flowering plants can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Buttercups (RANUNCULACEAE)
Members of this poisonous family have bisexual flowers, and they include many common garden plants as well as wildflowers. The family name means 'little frog'!
C. Bulbous Buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus)
The Bulbous Buttercup is another native member of the buttercup family, and is found in the Cemetery alongside the Meadow Buttercup. It is shorter than this other species, rising to a height of no more than 40cms. The base of its stem is swollen to form a rounded corm-like tuber.
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Bulbous Buttercup
The hairy triangular sepals that appear underneath the flower's yellow petals face downwards in the Bulbous Buttercup. In the Meadow Buttercup, they face upwards.
Bulbous Buttercup
The base of the stem of the Bulbous Buttercup is swollen to form a rounded corm-like tuber.
Bulbous Buttercup
The Bulbous Buttercup is shorter than the Meadow Buttercup, rising to a height of no more than 40cms
