Aconite-leaved Buttercup

Ranunculus aconitifolius

''Ranunculus aconitifolius'', the aconite-leaf buttercup or bachelor's buttons, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to central Europe.
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Appearance

Growing to 60 cm high by 40 cm broad,it is an herbaceous perennial with slightly hairy palmate leaves up to 20 cm long, and loose panicles of white, saucer-shaped flowers in spring.

This species forms clumps, sometimes large colonies in moist places in mountains, meadows, edges of ditches and streams.

Naming

The Latin specific epithet ''aconitifolius'' means “with leaves resembling aconite”, a reference to the related genus ''Aconitum'', the monkshoods.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderRanunculales
FamilyRanunculaceae
GenusRanunculus
SpeciesR. aconitifolius
Photographed in
Switzerland