trefle.io · Taken May 31, 2018 by Ricardo Aperador Rubio (cc-by-sa)
Ranunculaceae
Bulbous buttercup
Ranunculus bulbosus
Also known as Cuckoo buds, Ranunculastrum bulbosum, Bulbous crowfoot, St. Anthony's turnip
Native Plants · Wildflower · Yellow-Flowers · Spring-Blooming · Naturalizing · Meadow · Bulbous · Buttercup · Grassland
Bulbous buttercup is a low-maintenance wildflower that naturalizes easily in meadows and grasslands. It produces bright yellow flowers in spring and goes dormant in summer heat. Best suited for naturalized plantings rather than formal gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Moderate watering to keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 16 in
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
More Ranunculus
Related plants from the same genus
Creeping buttercup
Ranunculus repens
Partial Sun · Moderate · Fast
Lesser spearwort
Ranunculus flammula
Partial Sun · High · Moderate
Sagebrush buttercup
Ranunculus glaberrimus
Partial Sun · Moderate · Moderate
Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus
Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus
Partial Sun · Moderate · Moderate
Buy this plant
No nurseries currently list it
No nursery lists Bulbous buttercup right now.