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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Buttercups, Poppies, and Allies
  6. Buttercup Family
  7. Buttercups
  8. Polyanthemos
  9. Straightbeak Buttercup

species 1,408 observations

Straightbeak Buttercup

Ranunculus orthorhynchus

Status
native
Bees
1 specialist raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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71 native animals
supported in the US
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Caerulean Miner Bee 1
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Leaf-Miner Fly, Black-horned Tenthredo 2
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Wild Turkey, Snow Bunting, American Wigeon, American Winter Ant 16
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Tripartite Sweat Bee, Painted Lady, Orange-legged Furrow Bee, Western Calligrapher 52

Children

  • Bloomer's Buttercup

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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