About Ranunculus macounii Britton
Ranunculus macounii is a species of buttercup, commonly called Macoun's buttercup. It is native to a large portion of North America, with its range covering areas from Alaska and northwestern Canada to Newfoundland and Labrador. It also grows across most of the contiguous United States, excluding the northeastern and southeastern regions. It occupies many types of moist habitat, including marshes, and wet areas within woodlands and scrub. It is typically semi-aquatic, growing in or beside shallow water, or in muddy locations. This plant is a perennial herb. It can produce prostrate, spreading stems that root at nodes that touch moist substrate, or it can grow as an erect, branching plant. Stems are generally hairy, though populations of hairless specimens have been recorded. Most of its leaves are divided into three lobed, toothed leaflets, which grow on long, hairy petioles. Each flower has five shiny yellow petals less than one centimeter long, arranged around a center that holds many stamens and pistils. Its fruit is an achene, produced in a spherical cluster that contains 20 or more achenes.
