Creeping Buttercup, Double-flowered Creeping Buttercup
Ranunculus repens
Synonyms: Ranunculus repens var. erectus, Ranunculus repens var. glabratus, Ranunculus repens var. repens
![Flower of Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens (Synonyms: Ranunculus repens var. glabratus, Ranunculus repens var. pleniflorus, Ranunculus repens var. repens)](repens/repens1.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up of the flower
of creeping buttercup.
![Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens (Synonyms: Ranunculus repens var. glabratus, Ranunculus repens var. pleniflorus, Ranunculus repens var. repens)](../../../../../gorge/5petal/butter/ran/repens/repens9a.jpg)
Creeping buttercup as seen in a vernally moist swale near the east side of the Sandy River delta, Troutdale, Oregon...........September 9, 2012.
![Stem leaf of Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens (Synonyms: Ranunculus repens var. glabratus, Ranunculus repens var. pleniflorus, Ranunculus repens var. repens)](../../../../../gorge/5petal/butter/ran/repens/repenslf.jpg)
Stem leaf of creeping buttercup from Gresham, OR..........May 2002.
![Dorsal leaf surface of Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens (Synonyms: Ranunculus repens var. glabratus, Ranunculus repens var. pleniflorus, Ranunculus repens var. repens)](../../../../../gorge/5petal/butter/ran/repens/repenslf1.jpg)
The photo above illustrates the dorsal surface
of a typical basal leaf of creeping buttercup. The upper leaf surface is often
a shade darker in color. Gresham, OR.........May 2002.
Paul Slichter