Wildflowers Identified: Kidneyleaf or Small-Flowered Buttercup
You can search Google Images for images of this wildflower.
Kidneyleaf or Small-Flowered Buttercup has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- several flowers on stem
- 1/8 of an inch or less flower width
- 1/8 to 3/8 inches flower width
- yellow to orange flower color
- blooms in April or earlier
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- plant height one foot or less
- plant height one foot to two feet
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- alternate leaf arrangement on the stem
- leaf edge has at least 4 teeth per inch
- deeply cut leaf edge
- branched leaf veins
- simple leaves about as long as wide
Use your browser's Back button if you want to change anything and try again.
Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org