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Ranunculaceae
Meadow buttercup
Ranunculus acris
Also known as Ranunculastrum acre, Common buttercup, Crowfoot, Tall buttercup
Native Plants · Wildflower · Meadow · Perennial · Buttercup · Naturalize · Yellow · Spring · Cottage Garden
Meadow buttercup is an easy-care perennial wildflower that thrives in moist soils and full to partial sun. Once established, it requires minimal maintenance and will naturalize in meadow gardens. Water regularly during dry spells but avoid waterlogged conditions.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply when top inch of soil is dry · Every 5-7 days during growing season
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- 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
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda, aspca
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