Ranunculaceae, commonly called the buttercup family, is a large family of flowering plants, whose range is distributed worldwide.
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Ficaria verna
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Anemonastrum canadense
3 articles
Hydrastis canadensis
3 articles
(c) Andrew Lai · Ontario, Canada · CC BY
Aquilegia canadensis
2 articles
Actaea pachypoda
2 articles
(c) Святослав Власенко · Zabaykal'ye, Russia · CC BY
Aquilegia vulgaris
1 article
Trollius
1 article
(c) Alan Rockefeller · Texas, United States · CC BY
Clematis drummondii
1 article
Thalictrum pubescens
1 articleAlso here, with one plant each: Actaea (White Baneberry), Anemonastrum (Canada anemone), Ficaria (Lesser Celandine), Hydrastis (Goldenseal), Thalictrum (Tall Meadow-rue), Anemone (Anemone), Trollius (Globeflower).
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Lesser celandine can carpet your yard, garden beds, and nearby stream corridors every spring before you even know it's there —...
Lesser celandine spreads aggressively through stream corridors and can take over your local park or garden in early spring...
Tracking where native woodland plants like white baneberry are thriving helps conservationists and local gardeners understand...
Lesser celandine spreads aggressively in early spring before native wildflowers emerge, and once it takes hold in a park or...
Lesser celandine spreads aggressively in shaded, moist areas like park trails and stream banks, crowding out native spring...
Lesser celandine is quietly taking over lawns, stream banks, and woodland gardens across the eastern US and parts of Europe,...
The bitter compounds that make some garden plants unappetizing to pests are the same chemistry re...
