Ranunculus jovis is a species of buttercup known by the common name Utah buttercup[1][2] or Jupiter buttercup.[3] It is native to the mountain west of the United States, from Nevada to Wyoming. It is a petite plant, growing a few centimeters tall on hairless stems with a few deeply divided fingerlike leaves at the base. It produces yellow flowers with five rounded petals, yellow stamens around a central nectary.

Ranunculus jovis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Ranunculus
Species:
R. jovis
Binomial name
Ranunculus jovis

References edit

  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Ranunculus jovis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Jupiter Buttercup".
  3. ^ "Jupiter Buttercup".