Mainly Buttercups by fishers

Mainly Buttercups

Again from my walk last Friday, parts of Clifton Ings in York are now covered with a carpet of buttercups, with a few dandelion seed heads and stalks where the seeds have already been dispersed by the wind. Buttercups are another cheerful flower of Spring.

Buttercups are a large genus of flowering plants called Ranunculus. They have yellow, shiny petals, and grow wild in many places. They are poisonous to eat for humans and cattle, but when dry the poison is not active.

There are thought to be around five hundred species in this genus. The familiar and widespread buttercup throughout Northern Europe (and introduced elsewhere) is the creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens, which has extremely tough and tenacious roots.

Ian
Nice picture and thank you for the reminder. I knew it, but never gave it a second thought.
May 19th, 2020  
nice
May 19th, 2020  
Beautiful
May 19th, 2020  
Beautiful, summer is just around the corner.
May 19th, 2020  
Lovely colourful meadow capture. I’m so missing the countryside.
May 19th, 2020  
Very pretty
May 19th, 2020  
Love the buttercups.
May 19th, 2020  
lovely
May 19th, 2020  
Wonderful spring capture
May 19th, 2020  
Great shot of those nice weed flowers and lefts. .
May 19th, 2020  
Meadow fabulous
May 20th, 2020  
Buttercups are a gorgeous colour
May 20th, 2020  
very pretty :)
May 20th, 2020  
@bruni @pdulis @bkbinthecity @onewing @craftymeg @carolmw @sjwyatt @koalagardens @seattlite @pyrrhula @tonyrogers @kjarn @kgolab

Thank you all for your lovely comments, they are very much appreciated.

It is fascinating to see the sequence of different flowers that grow as spring progresses on it's way towards summer.

Ian
May 20th, 2020  
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