Meadow Buttercup
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 1st June 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 105 mm macro lens. Fact File
Meadow Buttercup
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 27th May 2022 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode. Fact File

Folliage
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 1st June 2018 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.		 Fact File



Meadow Buttercup.
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Local names: 		Ranunculus acris.
Ranunculales.
Ranunculaceae.
Tall buttercup, butter flower, butterrose, common
buttercup, crazy weed, field buttercup, gold cup.
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Feature:
 Damp meadows and pastures.
5 - 100 cms.
April - September.
According to superstition, holding a meadow buttercup flower against one's neck on the night of a full moon, or simply smelling the flower, causes insanity, hence the folk name ‘crazyweed'. Surprisingly, buttercups are poisonous to cattle. However cows seem to know this and don't usually eat them.