Description ²

The petals of this Buttercup are so shiny that they appear to be varnished. Buttercups can be locally common in habitats that receive 20 inches of annual rainfall. In her book, The Wild Flowers of California, Mary Parsons notes that the seeds of the Buttercup were eaten by Native Americans. They were parched and beaten into a flour that reportedly tasted like corn.

Distribution (circa 2001) ³

Grassland, oak woodland, mixed-evergreen or coniferous forest throughout the Calif. Floristic Province; < 2400 m.

Fuentes y créditos

1. (c) casbotany, todos los derechos reservados, subido por casbotany
2. Adaptado por casbotany del trabajo de (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculaceae
3. (c) casbotany, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA)

Más información

• NaturaLista página del taxón
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos

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