Ranunculus inaemonus, June 7, 2022
Common & scientific name
Graceful buttercup, Ranunculus inamoenus
Family
Buttercup, Ranunculaceae
Location
Mountain Boy, 10,500
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
Wonderful that this flower’s common name, Graceful buttercup, has effectively, by popular vote, overruled its scientific name, which translates as “unattractive” or “ugly” buttercup.” With its shiny, sunny flowers and interesting leaves—basal leaves rounded, stem leaves deeply cut—it definitely deserves better!