Ranunculus jovis is a species of buttercup known by the common name Utah buttercup or Jupiter buttercup. It is native to the mountains west of the United States, from Nevada to Wyoming. It is a small plant, growing a few centimeters tall on hairless stems with a few deeply divided fingerlike leaves at the base. It produces yellow flowers with five rounded petals, yellow stamens around a central nectary.
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Is it poisonous?
Considered toxic. Public sources list it as such; we have not verified this individually. The note covers its whole genus. Buttercup; protoanemonin in fresh sap, blistering Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Ranunculus glaberrimus — considered toxic
- Ranunculus alismifolius — considered toxic
- Ranunculus inamoenus — considered toxic
- Ranunculus rhomboideus — considered toxic
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
- Species
- Ranunculus jovis
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