lobb’s aquatic buttercup

Ranunculus lobbii

Member of water-crowfoots (section Batrachium)
buttercups (genus Ranunculus)
buttercup family (family Ranunculaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

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• stem low from water or mud
• 5 petals, 4–6 mm long, 2–5 mm wide, white
• floating leaves deeply 3-parted
• submerged leaves generally 2–3-dissected

Toxicity of buttercup, ranunculus (Ranunculus spp.):
1 – Skin contact with these plants can cause symptoms ranging from redness, itching, and rash to painful blisters like skin burns.
3 – Ingestion of these plants is expected to cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms that may cause illness but is not life-threatening.

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Chris’s observations: none

Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora