Missouri Plants Buttercup   (Ranunculus arbortivus) Tracheophyta: Angiosperm: Dicot: Crowfoot (Ranunculaceae) North American native plant Habitat: damp soil conditions. ID Features: tiny yellow flowers. Natural History: There are a number of species of woodland buttercups, that generally grow on damp wooded slopes in acid soil. They all generally have yellow flowers. The small-flowered buttercup, common in waste places, lacks showy petals. It is not a good representative of the buttercup group, but it is the only example that St. Louis commonly has!

The information is from: Missouri Wildflowers by Edgar Denison, 5th Edition, Missouri Department of Conservation, ©1998.