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When Ranunculus plants are handled, naturally occurring ranunculin is broken down to form protoanemonin, which is known to cause contact dermatitis in humans and care should therefore be exercised in extensive handling of the plants. [20] The toxins are degraded by drying, so hay containing dried buttercups is safe. [21]
Ranunculus nipponicus is a species of aquatic flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It is native to east Russia and Japan. [ 1 ] The species has been proposed to be useful for cleaning-up nitrate-contaminated groundwater as the shoots can actively uptake nitrate from cool (15 °C) water.
Ranunculus hispidus is a species of perennial flowering plant in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. It is commonly known as bristly buttercup [2] or hispid buttercup. [3] It is a small plant native to central and eastern North America that grows to a height up to 30 cm (1 ft) and has 5-petaled yellow flowers.
Ranunculus baudotii, brackish water-crowfoot, is a flowering plant in the Ranunculaceae (buttercup family). As the name suggests, it tends to grow near the sea, typically in pools and ditches in coastal marshes that are slightly salty due to sea spray. It can also be found inland where there is some saline influence.
The name Ranunculus hederaceus was published by Linnaeus in Species Plantarum in 1753. A few synonyms have been coined over the years, but none of them has been widely used. [3] The generic name Ranunculus is Late Latin for "little frog", the diminutive of rana. The specific epithet hederaceus simply means "like ivy", from the shape of the ...
Ranunculus sceleratus known by the common names celery-leaved buttercup, [2] celery-leaf buttercup, [3] and cursed buttercup [4] is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. It has a circumpolar distribution in the northern hemisphere, native to temperate and boreal North America and Eurasia , where it grows in wet and ...
Ranunculus californicus grows up to 70 centimetres (2.3 ft) in height. The bright yellow flower is roughly 1–2 centimetres (0.033–0.066 ft) in diameter and has 7 to 22 shiny, teardrop-shaped petals. Each flower grows on a long, green, leafless stem. Varieties. Ranunculus californicus var. californicus [4] Ranunculus californicus var ...
Ranunculus adoneus, the alpine buttercup [2] or snow buttercup, is a species of flowering plant. It is an alpine buttercup from the family Ranunculaceae . This species is mainly found in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and Wyoming but can also be found in Idaho, northern Utah and eastern Nevada.