Family: buttercups (Ranunculaceae)
Flowering period: April–June
Size: 20–40 cm
Habitat: wet and marshy meadows, moist deciduous and swamp forests, and wet shrubland
Some species of the golden buttercups (Ranunculus auricomus agg.) are so similar to each other that, for easier handling, we group them into a group (aggregate), which is indicated by the abbreviation agg. for the scientific name. Golden buttercups have two types of leaves on the same plant. Basal leaves with a coarsely serrated edge are stalked. They have kidney-shaped leaf blade, which can be entire to deeply divided into up to seven lobes. The leaf blade of the cauline leaves is divided into several narrow – linear-lanceolate lobes. Sulphur-yellow flowers with a diameter of 1 to 3 cm, but they are often not fully developed, as the crown may be deformed. The fruits – achenes are densely hairy. Species from this group are widely distributed across all of Slovenia.
