Alkali Buttercup
Ranunculus cymbalaria
Alkali buttercup is a low, runnering perennial of wet shores and alkaline flats, with small yellow flowers and scalloped leaves, a tough, salt-tolerant native groundcover for seasonally wet, sunny ground.
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.2–0.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, container, rain garden, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, ME, MN, MT, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WI, WY