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Buttercup

Ranunculus sp.

Photo by shebebusynow
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Field Notes

Description:

bright butter-yellow flowers of 5 petals, leaves lobed and slightly parti-colored

Habitat:

grassy or disturbed soil, temperate rain forest

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Comments (2)
shebebusynow
that's amazing to see in ultraviolet! Thanks for the link.
Špela
Very nice picture! One of my favourite plants in lawns. In school we watched this plant leaves under the microscop and our theacher told us, that it has a special part that only insects see thanks to UV, something like that http://www.naturfotograf.com/UV_RANU_ACR.html.

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Flowers of North America
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PublishedJune 3, 2011

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