[Buttercups Found East of the Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington]
Blue Mountain Buttercup, Mountain Buttercup, Popular Buttercup
Ranunculus populago
The photo above shows Blue Mt. Buttercup as seen in moist meadows at Misery Campground in the Umatilla N.F. of southeastern Washington......................July 7, 2008.
The photo above shows Blue Mt. Buttercup as seen in moist meadows at Misery Campground in the Umatilla N.F. of southeastern Washington......................July 7, 2008.
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These 5 photos show close-ups of the flowers and leaves of Blue Mt. Buttercup as seen in moist meadows at Misery Campground in the Umatilla N.F. of southeastern Washington......................July 7, 2008. Click each photo (except for the photo at lower left which is at full size) to see enlarged versions (2x).
The photo above shows Blue Mt. buttercup as seen on the banks of a small stream along the Umatilla Rim Trail #3080 near Tollgate in the Umatilla N.F...........................June 24, 2007. The stems of this species are erect to ascending and do not root at the leaf nodes. The leaves are petiolate and generally are ovate in shape.
Blue Mountain buttercup blooming in a small stream running into the western shore of Jubilee Lake, Umatilla National Forest.............July 1, 2012.
Paul Slichter