trefle.io · Taken May 7, 2018 by Pep Secem (cc-by-sa)
Ranunculaceae
Creeping buttercup
Ranunculus repens
Also known as Ranunculus repens var. vulgaris, Sitfast, Ranunculus repens f. polypetalus, Ranunculastrum repens
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Buttercup · Yellow-Flowers · Spreading · Moist-Soil · Shade-Tolerant · Aggressive · Wildflower · Perennial · Groundcover
Creeping buttercup thrives in moist, partially shaded areas and spreads rapidly through runners. It produces bright yellow flowers in spring and summer, attracting bees and other pollinators. While extremely hardy and low-maintenance, it can become aggressive in ideal conditions and may need containment in formal gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Prefers consistently moist soil, tolerates wet conditions · Weekly in dry conditions
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.6–7.2
- 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
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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