meadow buttercup
Ranunculus acris
RHS Plants for Pollinators
USDA zones4 to 10
WaterNeeds moist soil
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris) is a perennial for pollinator gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Its yellow flowers open from early to late spring. Bees visit the blooms, and the erect green stems fit well in a sunny meadow-style planting.
Pairs well with Red trillium, Curly Fries hosta, and Autumn Brilliance juneberry.
Native range
Europe, Central Asia, Africa, Arctic, and 16 more places. See all 20
Europe, Central Asia, Africa, Arctic, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Chita, Corse, Føroyar, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, NW. Balkan Pen., Primorye, Sakhalin, and Tuva.