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


Little Buttercup, Woodland Buttercup

Ranunculus uncinatus

Synonyms: Ranunculus bongardii, Ranunculus bongardii var. bongardii, Ranunculus bongardii var. tenellus, Ranunculus occidentalis var. parviflorus, Ranunculus uncinatus var. parviflorus, Ranunculus uncinatus var. uncinatus

Little Buttercup, Woodland Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus (Synonyms: Ranunculus bongardii, Ranunculus bongardii var. bongardii, Ranunculus bongardii var. tenellus, Ranunculus occidentalis var. parviflorus, Ranunculus uncinatus var. parviflorus, Ranunculus uncinatus var. uncinatus)

Little buttercup as seen along FS Road 2230 on Mount Pisgah, Ochoco National Forest........June 13, 2015.

Little Buttercup, Woodland Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus (Synonyms: Ranunculus bongardii, Ranunculus bongardii var. bongardii, Ranunculus bongardii var. tenellus, Ranunculus occidentalis var. parviflorus, Ranunculus uncinatus var. parviflorus, Ranunculus uncinatus var. uncinatus)


Leaf of Little Buttercup, Woodland Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus (Synonyms: Ranunculus bongardii, Ranunculus bongardii var. bongardii, Ranunculus bongardii var. tenellus, Ranunculus occidentalis var. parviflorus, Ranunculus uncinatus var. parviflorus, Ranunculus uncinatus var. uncinatus)

Leaf of little buttercup as seen in moist forest at the base of Saddle Mountain in the Coast Range of northwestern Oregon........May 21, 2009.

Paul Slichter