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''Ranunculus californicus'', commonly known as the California buttercup, is a flowering plant of the buttercup family
Las Pilitas Nursery database: ''Ranunculus californicus'' (California buttercup)
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CalFlora Database: ''Ranunculus californicus'' (Botta's clarkia, punch bowl godetia)Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Ranunculus californicus''U.C. Photo gallery — ''Ranunculus californicus''
californicus Flora of California Flora of Oregon Flora of Baja California Flora of the California desert regions Flora of the Cascade Range Flora of the Klamath Mountains Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Natural history of the Central Valley (California) Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains Natural history of the Transverse Ranges Garden plants of North America Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Ranunculales-stub
''Ranunculus californicus'', commonly known as the California buttercup, is a flowering plant of the buttercup family Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae (buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin "little frog", from "frog") is a family of over 2,000 known species of flowering plants in 43 genera, distributed worldwide.
The largest genera are ''Ranunculus'' (600 species), ''Delphinium' ...
. It is a native
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* Indigenous peoples, peoples with a set of specific rights based on their historical ties to a particular territory
** Native Americans (disambiguation)
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of California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
, where it is common in many habitat
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s, including chaparral and woodlands.
Its distribution extends across many habitat
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s of California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
, north into Oregon
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and south into Baja California
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. Its reported locations include the islands between British Columbia
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and Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
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, the Channel Islands of California
The Channel Islands () are an eight-island archipelago located within the Southern California Bight in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California. The four Northern Channel Islands are part of the Transverse Ranges geologic province, and ...
, and the Sierra Nevada
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.
Description
''Ranunculus californicus'' grows up to in height. The bright yellow flower is roughly in diameter and has 7 to 22 shiny, teardrop-shaped petals. Each flower grows on a long, green, leafless stem. ;Varieties * ''Ranunculus californicus'' var. ''californicus'' * ''Ranunculus californicus'' var. ''cuneatus''Cultivation
''Ranunculus californicus'' is cultivated as anornamental plant
Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars that i ...
, for use in native plant
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See also
*List of California native plants
California native plants are plants that existed in California prior to the arrival of European explorers and colonists in the late 18th century. California includes parts of at least three phytochoria. The largest is the California Floristic ...
References
;Notes ;Sources * Munz, Philip A. (2003). ''Introduction to Shore Wildflowers of California, Oregon, and Washington''. Berkeley: University of California Press.External links
CalFlora Database: ''Ranunculus californicus'' (Botta's clarkia, punch bowl godetia)
californicus Flora of California Flora of Oregon Flora of Baja California Flora of the California desert regions Flora of the Cascade Range Flora of the Klamath Mountains Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Natural history of the Central Valley (California) Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains Natural history of the Transverse Ranges Garden plants of North America Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Ranunculales-stub