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

Southern Oregon buttercup as photographed near Medford, Oregon.......April 4, 2009.

A close-up of the flower (left) and leaf (right) of southern Oregon buttercup. Photographed near Medford, Oregon........April 4, 2009. The photo at the right shows the reddish-veined underside of the petals as well as the backwards folding, hairy sepals.

Southern Oregon buttercup as photographed near Medford, Oregon........April 28, 2012. Note the minute hairs on the narrow pistils; long, spreading hairs on the backs of the sepals, and deeply parted basal leaf.