trefle.io · Taken Jan 1, 1900 by EOL − USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. (public)
Ranunculaceae
Bristly buttercup
Ranunculus pensylvanicus
Also known as Rough buttercup, Hispid buttercup, Prickly crowfoot, Ranunculus canadensis
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Bristly Buttercup · Ranunculus · Wetland Plant · Native Wildflower · Ranunculaceae · Rain Garden · Moist Soil · Yellow Flowers · Pond Margin · North American Native
Bristly buttercup is a native wetland perennial that thrives in consistently moist to wet soils with partial shade, making it ideal for rain gardens or pond margins. It produces small yellow flowers and has a bristly, textured stem that gives it its common name. This plant is best suited to naturalistic or native plant gardens and is not recommended for dry or indoor settings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist; this plant does not tolerate dry conditions · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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