Plantain-leaf Buttercup, Plantain-leaved Buttercup
Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius
Synonym: Ranunuculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius
- ![Plantain-leaf Buttercup, Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius (Synonym: Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius)](alismaefolius/alismifolius05-16-2022.jpg)
The photo at left shows plantain-leaved buttercup as seen along a roadside ditch running beside Laurel Road at the western edge of Conboy Lake NWR..........May 10, 2008. The photo at right shows plantain-,eaved buttercup in moist prairie at Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge.....May 16, 2022.
![Flower of Plantain-leaf Buttercup, Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius (Synonym: Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius)](alismaefolius/ranalismifalismifolius1.jpg)
The photograph shows a close-up sideview of
the flower of plantainleaved buttercup as seen in a ditch along Kreps Lane in
Conboy NWR at the southeastern base of Mt Adams...........May 30, 2006.
![Sepals of Plantain-leaf Buttercup, Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius (Synonym: Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius)](alismaefolius/ranalismifalismifolius.jpg)
The photograph shows a close-up of the underside of the flower
of plantainleaved buttercup as seen in a ditch along Kreps Lane in Conboy NWR
at the southeastern base of Mt Adams...........May 30, 2006.
- ![Stem leaf of Plantain-leaf Buttercup, Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius (Synonym: Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius)](alismaefolius/ranalismmifalismifolius3.jpg)
Close-up photos of the long-petioled basal leaf
(left) and stem leaf (right) of plantainleaved buttercup as seen in a ditch along Kreps Lane in Conboy NWR
at the southeastern base of Mt Adams..........May 30, 2006. The margins
of this variety are often serrulate.
![Flower of Plantain-leaf Buttercup, Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius (Synonym: Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius)](alismaefolius/alismifolius-2b.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up of the flower of plantainleaved buttercup with the central cluster of greenish pistils with their short beaks and the stamens laid close to the petals. Photographed along Kreps Lane.........May 19, 2007.
![Sepals of Plantain-leaf Buttercup, Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius (Synonym: Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius)](alismaefolius/alismifolius2a.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up of the underside of the flower of plantainleaved buttercup with the yellowish sepals contoured or folded to make the shape of a boat. Photographed along Kreps Lane.........May 19, 2007.
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- ![Plantain-leaf Buttercup, Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius (Synonym: Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius)](alismaefolius/alismifolius05-01-2018c.jpg)
Habitat views of plantainleaved buttercup as seen in inundated ditches along Kreps Lane, Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge......May 1, 2018.
- ![Plantain-leaf Buttercup, Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius (Synonym: Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius)](alismaefolius/alismifolius05-26-2020.jpg)
The photo at left shows a close-up of the flower of plantain-leaved buttercup as seen along a roadside ditch running beside Laurel Road at the western edge of Conboy Lake NWR.........May 10, 2008. The photo at right shows plantain-leaved buttercup at a small, vernal pond in the Klickitat Wildlife Area......May 26, 2020.
Paul Slichter