Small-Flowered Buttercup

ranunculus abortivus

The Small-Flowered Buttercup is a cheerful little flower that brightens up fields and meadows. Its small yellow blooms are like tiny suns shining in the grass!

Lebensraum: Wet meadows, fields, and along stream banks.

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The Small-Flowered Buttercup has small, dull yellow to yellowish-green flowers, often with petals so tiny they seem absent. Its basal leaves are rounded or kidney-shaped, distinct from the deeply lobed upper stem leaves. Unlike other buttercups, its flowers lack a glossy sheen.

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Small-Flowered Buttercup

Kategorie

Pflanzen

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

Mach den ersten Snap!

Interessante Fakten

Despite its common name, some people call it the 'Kidney-Leaf Buttercup' due to its unique leaf shape!

If you crush its leaves, they give off a peppery smell, a hint of its chemical defenses!

Its tiny, pale flowers are often overlooked compared to its showier, golden buttercup cousins!

This plant can spread through both seeds and small plantlets that grow from its roots!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Small-Flowered Buttercup can change its leaf shape dramatically as it matures, from rounded to deeply lobed, helping it adapt to light.

Small-Flowered Buttercup has sap containing protoanemonin that can irritate skin, protecting it from being eaten by animals.

Small-Flowered Buttercup can survive in cold early spring conditions, allowing it to grow and bloom before many other plants.

Maße und Details

Höhe: 10-60 cm
Blütengröße: 0.5-1 cm
Blütezeit: Spring_early_summer
Essbar: Nein
Giftigkeit: Leicht
Lebenszyklus: Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode: Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

honey bee

Apis mellifera

visits flowers for nectar

pollinates

common eastern bumblebee

Bombus impatiens

collects pollen from blooms

eaten by

grey field slug

Agriolimax reticulatus

young leaves are a food source

parasitizes

buttercup rust

Puccinia ranunculi

causes rust disease

Merkmale

Farbenfroh

Farbenfroh beschreibt Organismen oder Objekte, die eine große Vielfalt an leuchtenden und deutlich erkennbaren Farben aufweisen.

Grasland

Grasland-Lebensräume sind terrestrische Biome, die von Gräsern und krautigen Pflanzen dominiert werden und einer Vielzahl von Weidetieren als Lebensraum dienen.