California Buttercup
Ranunculus californicus
California buttercup is a cheerful native perennial that spangles spring grasslands and oak woodlands with glossy golden flowers, an easy, drought-deciduous wildflower for sun or part shade. Toxic if eaten.
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- February, March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- CA