Buttercup bush is a lovely small, flowering shrub grown in the tropics and loved for its display of yellow flowers that appear all year long. It's also easy to grow; buttercup bush doesn't require any special tips or tricks to look beautiful. You'll often find buttercup bush grown with flowering.
- A list of potential substitutes, if you can't get hold of Red Heart Buttercup, with detailed advice and warnings about any differences.
- Meadow buttercup tall buttercup This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.
- The buttercup squash—sometimes called a turban squash—is a variety of winter squash, but its peak season starts in early fall and lasts through the winter. It has an orange flesh that is typically described as sweet and creamy.
- Make a variety of items and accessories using Red Heart Buttercup Yarn. Suitable for beginners as well as advanced crafters, it is light and airy with a soft and fluffy texture. This makes it useful for knitting baby items like blankets, toys and more.
Turnera ulmifolia
Buttercup Bush Plant Features
Buttercup bush is a lovely small, flowering shrub grown in the tropics and loved for its display of yellow flowers that appear all year long. It's also easy to grow; buttercup bush doesn't require any special tips or tricks to look beautiful. You'll often find buttercup bush grown with flowering annuals, perennials, and shrubs in garden beds and borders -- especially butterfly gardens. Because it has a relatively small size, it's a perfect foundation plant, low hedge, and container garden plant, as well.
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Buttercup Bush Growing Instructions
Grow buttercup bush in part shade and moist well-drained soil. Once established, buttercup bush can withstand light drought, but does best when receives consistent moisture. Spreading a layer of mulch over the soil around the base of the plant can help keep it moist longer.
Buttercup bush grows well on its own, but blooms more profusely (and grows faster) when fertilized in spring and summer. You can use any general-purpose garden fertilizer as long as you follow the directions on the fertilizer packaging.
You can prune buttercup bush back at any time without harming it. Pinching the stems back from time to time will help give you a bushier, fuller plant, but this isn't required to grow buttercup bush.
Note: Buttercup bush is not intended for human or animal consumption. Butterflies love it, though!
Light
Outside: Part sun
Colors
Yellow
Water
Moist, well-drained soil
Special Features
Attracts butterflies
Deer/rabbit resistant
Super-easy to grow
Complement your Buttercup Bush with these varieties:
Yellow allamanda and buttercup bush make for fun, colorful companions.
Accent buttercup bush with a flamboyant tropical hibiscus plant!
Grow buttercup bush with yellow, orange, and red marigolds for a cheery summer combo.
Red Buttercup Flower
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Symbol: | RAAC3 |
| Group: | Dicot |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Duration: | Perennial |
| Growth Habit: | Forb/herb |
| Native Status: | AK I CAN I GL N? L48 I,N SPM I |
| Data Source and Documentation | |
| Native | Introduced | Both | Absent/Unreported |
| Native, No County Data | Introduced, No County Data | Both, No County Data |
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| L48 | AK | HI | PR | VI | NAV | CAN | GL | SPM | NA |
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, VA, Clarendon. Usage Requirements.
Patrick J. Alexander. Usage Requirements.
Patrick J. Alexander. Usage Requirements.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 111. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
slideshow Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.| Rank | Scientific Name and Common Name |
|---|---|
| Kingdom | Plantae – Plants |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta – Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | Spermatophyta – Seed plants |
| Division | Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants |
| Class | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | Magnoliidae |
| Order | Ranunculales |
| Family | Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family |
| Genus | Ranunculus L. – buttercup |
| Species | Ranunculus acris L. – tall buttercup |
The Plants Database includes the following 3 subspecies of Ranunculus acris . Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.
Ranunculus acris var. acris
showy buttercup
Ranunculus acris ssp. friesianus
Red Buttercup Squash
Ranunculus acris var. frigidus
tall buttercup
| Noxious Weed Information | |
|---|---|
| This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds. | |
| Montana Category 2 noxious weed |
| U.S. Weed Information | |
|---|---|
meadow buttercup This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S. | |
| STATE | Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments. |
| WSWS | Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. |
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| More Accounts and Images | |
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| ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (RAAC3) | |
| CalPhotos (RAAC3) | |
| Flora of North America (RAAC3) | |
| Integrated Taxonomic Information System (RAAC3) | |
| Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley) (RAAC3) | |
| Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (RAAC3) | |
| Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn) (RAAC3) | |
| University of Tennessee Herbarium (Distribution) (RAAC3) | |
| University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium (RAAC3) | |
| Related Websites | |
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| Swedish Virtual Flora: images & text (in Swedish) (RAAC3) | |
| University of Northern British Colombia: image (RAAC3) | |
Buttercup Red River Gorge
Food
| Source | Large Mammals | Small Mammals | Water Birds | Terrestrial Birds |
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Cover
Red Heart Buttercup Patterns
| Source | Large Mammals | Small Mammals | Water Birds | Terrestrial Birds |
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Buttercup Baby Blanket Pattern
Description of Values
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Red Buttercup 20th Century Fox