| There are some very good photographs and descriptions of the following plants:
Buttercups Ranunculus sp The seed site gives a good overview of the family features |
| The Shropshire Botanical Society produces quarterley Newsletter with occasional drawings of local plant features by Sarah Whild.Lesser celandine: |
| In Britain the family Ranunculaceae (the Buttercup family) are dicotyledons, with flower petals present and free. The ovary is superior.Leaves generally alternate and without stipules.Flowers usually have 5 sepals and often 5 petals.
They have many stamens and many, free carpels Genera eg. Ranunculus, |
| Ranunculus | Sepals | Flower stalk | ||
| reflexed | not reflexed | smooth | grooved | |
| R. bulbosus | X | X | ||
| R. repens | X | X | ||
| R. acris | X | X | ||
