Ranunculus aconitifolius

Ranunculus aconitifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Genus:	Ranunculus
Species:	R. aconitifolius
Binomial name
Ranunculus aconitifolius L.

Ranunculus aconitifolius, the aconite-leaf buttercup[1] or bachelor's buttons, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to central Europe. Growing to 60 cm (24 in) high by 40 cm (16 in) broad, this herbaceous perennial has slightly hairy palmate leaves up to 20 cm (8 in) long, and loose panicles of white, saucer-shaped flowers in spring.[2][3]

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

The Latin specific epithet aconitifolius means “with leaves resembling aconite”,[4] a reference to the related genus Aconitum, the monkshoods.

The double-flowered cultivar R. aconitifolius 'Flore Pleno' (fair maids of France, fair maids of Kent) has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5][6]

References

1. "Ranunculus aconitifolius". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
2. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
3. taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Ranunculus aconitifolius)". Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
4. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
5. "RHS Plant Selector - Ranunculus aconitifolius 'Flore Pleno'". Retrieved 17 February 2021.
6. "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 84. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

• Species Plantarum 1: 551. 1753. (1 May 1753)

External links

• Media related to Ranunculus aconitifolius at Wikimedia Commons