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

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

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.

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

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