Swamp Buttercup, Ranunculus septentrionalis, Native Minnesota Wildflower plant, Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden

(Bristly Buttercup, Hispid Buttercup, Rough Buttercup). With it's golden-yellow flowers with shining petals (like most buttercups), this plant grows on the bog path. The flowers are very conspicuous over the divided deeply 3-lobed, cut or toothed, dark green leaflets, which have the terminal segment long stalked. Basal leaves are the largest, wider than long. Stems are 6 to 36" high, hairy and tend to sprawl as the season progresses. They can then root at the nodes. Flowers are up to 1/2"-1" wide and have normally 5 sepals, the petals are widest above the middle and either the same length or up to 2x as long as the sepals. Flowers are stalked and solitary. A plant of moist areas. The Buttercup family formerly had the name "Crowfoot."

	Plants of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
	Common Name	Scientific Name	Plant Family	Garden Location	Prime Season
	Swamp Buttercup	Ranunculus hispidus Michx. var. nitidus [Older = Ranunculus septentrionalis]	Buttercup	Woodland	Spring to Early Summer
Other names and notes	(Bristly Buttercup, Hispid Buttercup, Rough Buttercup). With it's golden-yellow flowers with shining petals (like most buttercups), this plant grows on the bog path. The flowers are very conspicuous over the divided deeply 3-lobed, cut or toothed, dark green leaflets, which have the terminal segment long stalked. Basal leaves are the largest, wider than long. Stems are 6 to 36" high, hairy and tend to sprawl as the season progresses. They can then root at the nodes. Flowers are up to 1/2"-1" wide and have normally 5 sepals, the petals are widest above the middle and either the same length or up to 2x as long as the sepals. Flowers are stalked and solitary. A plant of moist areas. The Buttercup family formerly had the name "Crowfoot."