Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus
Ranunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus var. sceleratus
Also known as Ranunculus sceleratus var. anfrayi, Ranunculus sceleratus var. hirsutus, Ranunculus carnosus, Ranunculus eremogenes var. degener
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Wetland · Buttercup · Perennial · Boggy · Pond-Margin · Ranunculaceae · Wildflower · Yellow-Flowers · Toxic · Water-Garden
Celery-leaved buttercup is a fast-growing wetland perennial found widely across temperate regions of the world. It thrives in wet, boggy, or waterlogged soils in partial shade and is well-suited to pond margins and rain gardens. Note that all parts of this plant are toxic if ingested, so handle with care and keep away from children and pets.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water generously; tolerates wet and boggy conditions · Every 3-5 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.8–8.4
- Temperature
- -10°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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