Some indian tribes used its wood for dug-out canoes since the tree often had long, straight trunks. Ranunculaceae-The Buttercup Family Aquilegia, Delphinium, Aconitum, Caltha, Trautvetteria, Actaea, Clematis Cosmopolitan family of 50 genera and 2000 species, well represented in the temperate zones and montane environments. Herbs, shrubs or woody vines. Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, simple to several times compound, estipulate. Inflorescence various, determinate or indeterminate, or flowers solitary.
Flowers perfect, regular.
Petals 0 or 4-5, sometimes many, distinct. Stamens many, sometimes 5-10, distinct, spiralled, developing centripetally. Fruit a cluster of achenes or follicles. Various members of the family are grown as ornamentals for their showy flowers. Papaveraceae-The Poppy Family Eschscholzia, Papaver, Platystemon, Sanguinaria Temperate family of 25 genera and 200 species.