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

Bird's Foot Buttercup, Straightbeak Buttercup

Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. orthorhynchus

Synonyms: Ranunculus orthorhynchus ssp. alaschensis, Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. alaschensis, Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. hallii

Straightbeak Buttercup, Bird's Foot Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. orthorhynchus (Synonyms: Ranunculus orthorhynchus ssp. alaschensis, Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. alaschensis, Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. hallii) - Straightbeak Buttercup, Bird's Foot Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. orthorhynchus (Synonyms: Ranunculus orthorhynchus ssp. alaschensis, Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. alaschensis, Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. hallii)

The shiny yellow inner petals of straightbeak buttercup. This variety of straightbeak buttercup usually has the reddish petals on their outer surface. Variety platyphyllus typically is yellow on the outer petal surface.

Straightbeak Buttercup, Bird's Foot Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. orthorhynchus (Synonyms: Ranunculus orthorhynchus ssp. alaschensis, Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. alaschensis, Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. hallii) - Straightbeak Buttercup, Bird's Foot Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. orthorhynchus (Synonyms: Ranunculus orthorhynchus ssp. alaschensis, Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. alaschensis, Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. hallii)

Straightbeak buttercup in bloom at a moist slope along the Pilot Rock Trail within one-half mile of the trailhead, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument......May 26, 2021.

Straightbeak Buttercup, Bird's Foot Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. orthorhynchus (Synonyms: Ranunculus orthorhynchus ssp. alaschensis, Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. alaschensis, Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. hallii)

This photo shows the straight styles which helps give this species its name, straightbeak buttercup.

Paul Slichter