Large Buttercup
Ranunculus macranthusnative · Hill Country
Large Buttercup is a perennial wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–3 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun and medium water, and handles clay soil. Blooms yellow in Mar–Apr. Deer rarely browse it. Good for nectar insects.
Wet ground only. Usually found in wetlands and creek bottoms. It wants reliably moist ground and struggles in a dry upland bed.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Mar–Apr · yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on loam, moist, sand
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
- Wildlife
- Supports nectar insects
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low Terraces
426 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.