I happened to notice a patch of blooming western buttercups (ranunculus accidentalis). The glossy petals reflected the sunlight beautifully. There were many of these flowers spread out on the hillside beside the pathway.
I happened to notice a patch of blooming western buttercups (ranunculus accidentalis). The glossy petals reflected the sunlight beautifully. There were many of these flowers spread out on the hillside beside the pathway.
Ranunculus (pronounced /ræˈnʌŋkjʊləs/) is a large genus of about 400 species of plants in the Ranunculaceae. It includes the buttercups, spearworts, water crowfoots and the lesser celandine (but not the greater celandine of the poppy family Papaveraceae).
