[Buttercups: The Genus Ranunculus East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Blue Mountain Buttercup, Mountain Buttercup, Popular Buttercup

Ranunculus populago

Blue Mountain Buttercup, Mountain Buttercup, Popular Buttercup: Ranunculus populago - Blue Mountain Buttercup, Mountain Buttercup, Popular Buttercup: Ranunculus populago

Blue Mt. Buttercup as seen in moist meadows at Misery Campground in the Umatilla N.F. of southeastern Washington..........July 7, 2008.

Flower of Blue Mountain Buttercup, Mountain Buttercup, Popular Buttercup: Ranunculus populago - Flower of Blue Mountain Buttercup, Mountain Buttercup, Popular Buttercup: Ranunculus populago - Basal leaf of Blue Mt. Buttercup: Ranunculus populago

Flower of Blue Mountain Buttercup, Mountain Buttercup, Popular Buttercup: Ranunculus populago - Blue Mountain Buttercup, Mountain Buttercup, Popular Buttercup: Ranunculus populago

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.

Blue Mountain Buttercup, Mountain Buttercup, Popular Buttercup: Ranunculus populago

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, Mountain Buttercup, Popular Buttercup: Ranunculus populago - Blue Mountain Buttercup, Mountain Buttercup, Popular Buttercup: Ranunculus populago

Blue Mountain buttercups blooming in vernally moist swales along the North Fork Catherine Creek Trail #1905, Eagle Cap Wilderness.......June 12, 2018.

Blue Mountain Buttercup, Mountain Buttercup, Popular Buttercup: Ranunculus populago - Blue Mountain Buttercup, Mountain Buttercup, Popular Buttercup: Ranunculus populago

Blue Mountain buttercups blooming in moist swales along the Deadman Canyon Trail #1869 about one-half mile north of the trailhead at Fish Lake Campground, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest........July 18, 2019.

Blue Mountain Buttercup, Mountain Buttercup, Popular Buttercup: Ranunculus populago

Blue Mountain buttercup blooming in a small stream running into the western shore of Jubilee Lake, Umatilla National Forest..........July 1, 2012.

Paul Slichter