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Wildflowers of the Stuttgart Area

Ranunculus repens

Family : RANUNCULACEAE (Crowfoot/Buttercup Family)
Common Name (UK) : Creeping Buttercup
Common Name (DE) : Kriechender Hahnenfuß
Common Name (FR) : Renoncule rampante
Habitat : Abundant on roadsides, in grassland, woods, and as a garden weed.
Remarks :Introduced to the U.S. where it is considered invasive. Can be distinguished from the meadow buttercup by the grooved stem.
First appearing : May
Abundance : Abundant

  • Photo Date : May 5, 2005
  • Location : Along the Saufangweg in the Rot & Schwartzwild Park, Stuttgart, West
    N48° 46.166' E9° 06.734'
  • Photo Date : May 5, 2005
  • Location : Along the Saufangweg in the Rot & Schwartzwild Park, Stuttgart, West
    N48° 46.166' E9° 06.734'
  • Photo Date : May 5, 2005
  • Location : In the forest norteast of Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
    N48° 47.572' E9° 05.859'