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
- 1–1 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, container, rain garden, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, IA, ID, IL, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY
Related native plants
More Ranunculus species
- California Buttercup (Ranunculus californicus)
- Bristly Buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus)
- Heartleaf Buttercup (Ranunculus cardiophyllus)