Ranunculus

***Ranunculus*** () is a lairge genus o aboot 600 species o plants in the Ranunculaceae. Memmers o the genus include the **buttercups**, **spearworts**, **watter crowfits** an the  lesser celandine.

Thay are maistly yerbaceous perennials wi bricht yellae or white flouers (if white, still wi a yellae centre); some are annuals or biennials. A few species hae orange or reid flouers. Thare are uisually five petals, but whiles sax, numerous, or none, as in *R. auricomus*. The petals are eften heichly , especially in yellae species. Buttercups uisually flouer in the ware, but flouers mey be foond throughoot the simmer, especially whaur the plants are growin as opportunistic colonisers, as in the case o gairden weeds.

## Selectit species leet
* *[[Ranunculus abortivus]]* - Littleleaf buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus aconitifolius]]* - Aconite-leaf buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus acraeus]]* - a newly describit species frae Otago, New Zealand
* *[[Ranunculus acris]]* - Meadow buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus alismifolius]]* - Plantainleaf buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus andersonii]]* - Anderson's buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus aquatilis]]* - Common watter crowfit
* *[[Ranunculus arvensis]]* - Corn buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus asiaticus]]* - Persian buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus auricomus]]* - Gowdilocks buttercup (teep species)
* *[[Ranunculus biternatus]]* - Antairctic buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus bonariensis]]* - Carter's buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus bulbosus]]* - Bulbous buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus calandrinioides]]* - haich alpine buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus californicus]]* - Californie buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus canus]]* - Sacramento Valley buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus cassubicus]]* - Kashubian buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus crassipes]]* - Subantairctic buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus cymbalaria]]* - Marsh buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus eschscholtzii]]* - Alpine buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus ficaria]]* - Lesser celandine
* *[[Ranunculus flabellaris]]* - Yellae watter buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus flammula]]* - Lesser spearwort
* *[[Ranunculus fluitans]]* - River watter crowit
* *[[Ranunculus glaberrimus]]* - Sagebrush buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus glacialis]]* - Glacier buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus gormanii]]* - Gorman's buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus hebecarpus]]* - Delicate buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus hispidus]]* - Bristly buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus hydrocharoides]]* - Frogbit buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus jovis]]* - Utah buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus kadzusensis]]* Makino - Maehwamarum (see Ganghwa Maehwamarum Habitat)
* *[[Ranunculus lapponicus]]* - Lapland buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus lingua]]* - Greater spearwort
* *[[Ranunculus lobbii]]* - Lobb's buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus longirostris]]* - Watter buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus lyallii]]* - Munt Cook Lily - reputedly the lairgest buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus macounii]]* - Macoun's buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus micranthus]]* - Smaa-flouered crowfit
* *[[Ranunculus moseleyi]]* - Moseley's buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus muricatus]]* - Spinyfruit buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus occidentalis]]* - Wastren buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus orthorhynchus]]* - Straightbeak buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus papulentus]]* - Lairge River buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus parviflorus]]* - Smawflouer buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus pedatifidus]]* - birdfit buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus peltatus]]* - Pond watter crowfit
* *[[Ranunculus pensylvanicus]]* - Pennsylvania buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus platanifolius]]* - Lairge white buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus populago]]* - Popular buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus pusillus]]* - Laich spearwort
* *[[Ranunculus pygmaeus]]* - Pygmy buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus recurvatus]]* - Hooked Crowfoot
* *[[Ranunculus repens]]* - Creepin buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus rionii]]*
* *[[Ranunculus sardous]]* - Hairy buttercup, Sardinian buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus sceleratus]]* - Celery-leaved buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus septentrionalis]]* - Swamp buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus sieboldii]]*
* *[[Ranunculus testiculatus]]* - Bur buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus thora]]* - Thora buttercup
* *[[Ranunculus uncinatus]]* - Widlaund buttercup

See Leet o ''Ranunculus'' species for a mair complete leet wi native ranges.

## See also
* Leet o plants poisonous tae equines

## References

### Notes

### Sources
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## Freemit airtins

*Jepson Manual Treatment
*USDA Plants Profile: North American Species 
*The Ranunculus home page
* The Flower (Ranunculus) Fields of Carlsbad, CA