Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus LinnaeusNon-native    
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Ranunculales   >   Family Ranunculaceae   >   Genus Ranunculus   

Status:

Naturalized from Europe. Expected statewide in fields, roadsides, and lawns.

Description:

Plant is erect. Bulbous at base. Basal leaves have three lobes with terminal leaflets stalked.

There are 269 records in the project database.

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Bulbous Buttercup blooming in Baltimore City, Maryland (5/26/2018). Photo by Kirsten Johnson. (MBP list)

Bulbous Buttercup in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (2/24/2013). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Bulbous Buttercup blooming in Wicomico Co., Maryland (5/5/2013). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Bulbous Buttercup in Howard Co., Maryland (5/4/2010). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Bulbous Buttercup blooming in Kent Co., Maryland (4/22/2016). Photo by Nancy Martin. (MBP list)

Bulbous Buttercup blooming in Kent Co., Maryland (4/3/2016). Photo by Nancy Martin. (MBP list)

Bulbous Buttercup in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/29/2011). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Bulbous Buttercup in Wicomico Co., Maryland (5/5/2013). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Bulbous Buttercup in Dorchester Co., Maryland (10/14/2013). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Bulbous Buttercup blooming in Kent Co., Maryland (4/30/2016). Photo by Nancy Martin. (MBP list)

Bulbous Buttercup blooming in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/8/2014). Photo by David Illig. (MBP list)

Bulbous Buttercup in St. Marys Co., Maryland (5/3/2014). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Bulbous Buttercup in Allegany Co., Maryland (4/10/2017). Photo by Kimberly Booth. (MBP list)

Bulbous Buttercup in Washington Co., Maryland (5/27/2017). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Bulbous Buttercup in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/3/2017). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)


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