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

Snow Buttercup, Suksdorf's Buttercup, Timberline Buttercup

Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. suksdorfii

Synonym: Ranunculus suksdorfii

Snow Buttercup, Suksdorf's Buttercup, Timberline Buttercup: Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. suksdorfii (Synonym: Ranunculus suksdorfii) - Snow Buttercup, Suksdorf's Buttercup, Timberline Buttercup: Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. suksdorfii (Synonym: Ranunculus suksdorfii)

The leaves of suksdorf's buttercup (left) as seen on a bank where snow recently melted along the clifftops at the head of Kiger Gorge, Steens Mountain Recreation Lands...........July 11, 2014. The leaves of mountain sorrel (Oxyria digynia) also are found in this cluster of leaves. The photo at right shows late-blooming suksdorf's buttercup as seen blooming at a late snow melt patch along the South Loop Road about one mile west of the East Rim Viewpoint.........September 20, 2015.

Snow Buttercup, Suksdorf's Buttercup, Timberline Buttercup: Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. suksdorfii (Synonym: Ranunculus suksdorfii) - Snow Buttercup, Suksdorf's Buttercup, Timberline Buttercup: Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. suksdorfii (Synonym: Ranunculus suksdorfii) - Flower of Snow Buttercup, Suksdorf's Buttercup, Timberline Buttercup: Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. suksdorfii (Synonym: Ranunculus suksdorfii)

Close-up views of the upper and lower surfaces of a flower of Suksdorf's buttercup as seen along the Hurricane Hill Trail in Olympic National Park.......July 25, 2008.

Snow Buttercup, Suksdorf's Buttercup, Timberline Buttercup: Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. suksdorfii (Synonym: Ranunculus suksdorfii) - Snow Buttercup, Suksdorf's Buttercup, Timberline Buttercup: Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. suksdorfii (Synonym: Ranunculus suksdorfii) - Snow Buttercup, Suksdorf's Buttercup, Timberline Buttercup: Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. suksdorfii (Synonym: Ranunculus suksdorfii)

Suksdorf's buttercup as seen at left and center on talus slopes at the head of Badger Valley, Olympic National Park........July 25, 2014. The photo at right shows Suksdorf's buttercup as seen on moist, rocky and talus slopes along the trail to Heather Park on the north side of Klahhane Ridge, Olympic National Park.....July 27, 2014.

Paul Slichter