[Wildflowers of the Cascade Mountains with 5 Petals]

The Buttercup Family in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

Ranunculaceae

 


Members of the Buttercup Family Found in the Cascade Mountain Range:

Aconites and Monkshoods: The Genus Aconitum -

Baneberry, Red Baneberry, Western Red Baneberry: Actaea rubra -

Anemones, Pasqueflowers and Windflowers: The Genus Anemone -

Columbine: The Genus Aquilegia -

Marshmarigold, Broad-leaved Marshmarigold, Broad-leaved Caltha: Caltha leptosepala - (Includes both the former Caltha biflora var. biflora and var. leptosepala: Beautiful white flowers with five to twelve sepals, with numerous central stamens and pistils. Plants of very wet alpine places.

Bugbane: The Genus Cimicifuga -

Western Clematis, Western White Clematis, Western Virgin's Bower: Clematis ligusticifolia - Viny plant, occasionally introduced to this habitat. May climb into other plants, shrubs or trees. Sepals white, but reduced in size.

Goldthreads: The Genus Coptis -

False Rue Anemone and Isopyrum: The Genus Enemion -

Mousetails: The Genus Myosurus -

Buttercups: The Genus Ranunculus -

Meadowrue: The Genus Thalictrum -

False Bugbane, Tassle Rue, Carolina Bugbane, Wild Bugbane: Trautvetteria caroliniensis -

Western Globeflower, Globeflower: Trollius laxus var. albiflorus (Trollius albiflorus in Washington) -


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