WILD FLOWERS YELLOW AND ORANGE’ 
and the divisions are again sharply cleft and lobed. 
They are set on long stems. This Buttercup rises 
from a clusrer of stout, fibrous roots, and is found in 
moist places and upland woods, from Georgia and 
Arkansas northward, from March to May. 
CREEPING BUTTERCUP 
Rananculus répens. Crowfoot Family. 
This species spreads by runners and forms large 
patches along roadsides and in low fields, from Nova 
Scotia to Virginia, and westward, during May, June, 
and July. The plants are generally hairy. The 
thrice divided leaves are set on long stems, and are 
often spotted or marked with white. The flowers 
are nearly an inch broad. 
BRISTLY BUTTERCUP 
Ranitnculus pennsylvanicus. Crowfoot Family. 
This unlovely Buttercup grows commonly from one 
to two feet high in wet, open places, from Nova Scotia 
to Georgia, and west to the Rocky Mountains and 
British Columbia, during June, July and August. 
The flowers have a prominent thimble-shaped, head 
formed of numerous green pistils, surrounded with 
small petals of the same length as the sepals. The 
very stout, hollow stalk is stiff and bristly with long 
hairs. The numerous leaves are thin, medium green 
in colour, and are thrice divided into three deeply 
cleft divisions. When first observed, the flowers 
appear as though the petals had dropped away, and 
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