Family Album: Buttercup

Aconitum
Actaea
Adonis
Anemone

Aquilegia
Caltha
Clematis
Consolida

Delphinium
Eranthis
Ficaria
Helleborus

Hepatica
Myosurus
Nigella
Pulsatilla

Ranunculus
Thalictrum
Trollius

[CALTHA] Marsh-marigold

Marsh Marigold. (Caltha palustris)

Photo: © RWD

[ERANTHIS] Winter Aconite

Winter Aconite (Eranthis hyemalis)

Photo: © RWD

[RANUNCULUS] Buttercups

BUTTERCUP HYBRID CHART (shrunk)

The two Spleenworts, Lesser Spleenwort and Creeping Spleenwort, hybridise only with themselves and not other members of the Buttercup or Water-Crowfoot species.

Ranunculus SPECIES LACKING HYBRIDS

(Ranunculus aconitifolius)	Aconite-leaved Buttercup
(Ranunculus acris)	Meadow Buttercup
(Ranunculus arvensis)	Corn Buttercup
(Ranunculus auricomus)	Goldilocks Buttercup / Wood Goldilocks
(Ranunculus bulbosus)	Bulbous Buttercup
(Ranunculus creticus)
(Ranunculus flammula subsp. minimus)	Lesser Spearwort
(Ranunculus flammula subsp. scoticus)	Lesser Spearwort
(Ranunculus hederaceus)	lvy-leaved Crowfoot
(Ranunculus lingua)	Greater Spearwort
(Ranunculus marginatus)	St Martin's Buttercup
(Ranunculus monspeliacus)
(Ranunculus muricatus)	Rough-fruited Buttercup
(Ranunculus ophioglossifolius)	Adder's-tongue Spearwort
(Ranunculus paludosus)	Jersey Buttercup
(Ranunculus parviflorus)	Small-flowered Buttercup
(Ranunculus penicillatus)	Stream Water-crowfoot
(Ranunculus penicillatus subsp. penicillatus)	Stream Water-crowfoot
(Ranunculus penicillatus subsp. pseudofluitans)	var pseudofluitans
(Ranunculus repens)	Creeping Buttercup
(Ranunculus sardous)	Hairy Buttercup
(Ranunculus sceleratus)	Celery-leaved Buttercup
(Ranunculus subg. Batrachium)	Water Crowsfeet