Buttercup Leaf

Altogether then, the buttercup family provides the gardener with many attractive and often easy-to-grow species. A few buttercups are found in the trade, along with the red columbine, the baneberry, the foothill meadowrue, and a few larkspurs including the scarlet larkspur. Although alpine columbine, the various anemones, and many.
The fig buttercup, also known as the lesser celandine or pilewort, is a non-native plant from Europe and Northern Africa that has the potential to become a very bad invasive species in South Carolina.

Some creeping buttercup leaves have three leaflets, whereas others are simple with three lobes and deep sinuses. Leaflets are somewhat variable in shape, ranging from wedge-shape to oval. The center leaflet is often extended on a short stalk. Individual mature leaves are typically 1.5 to 3 inches long and 1 to 1.5 inches wide.

Buttercup (Ranunculus species): One of the many yellow flowering weeds that we fight in pastures and hay meadows. Buttercup is a winter annual that thrives in weak or thin pastures. There are several species of this winter annual. They differ mainly in leaf shape and growth, but all produce characteristic bright yellow blossoms. March to early April is the best time to kill buttercup. The goal is to spray buttercup before bloom.

Little Leaf Buttercup

Buttercup growing in a ryegrass pasture in East Texas.

Fertilizing and liming to soil test recommendations and efficient utilization of pastures or hay fields are the primary ways to decrease weed pressure.

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