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Ranunculaceae
Celery buttercup
Ranunculus sceleratus
Also known as Batrachium sceleratum, Creeping buttercup, Hecatonia scelerata, Wild celery buttercup
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Buttercup · Wetland Plant · Aquatic Marginal · Ranunculus · Bog Plant · Pond Margin · Wildflower · Fast Growing · Yellow Flowers · Native
Celery Buttercup is a fast-growing wetland plant that thrives in boggy, waterlogged conditions along pond margins or in rain gardens. It tolerates a range of light conditions from full sun to partial shade and requires little maintenance once established in a suitable wet habitat. Note that all parts of this plant are toxic if ingested or if sap contacts skin, so handle with care.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water generously, as this plant tolerates and prefers consistently wet to moist soil conditions · Every 5-7 days or as needed to keep soil moist
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.8–8.4
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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