Bright yellow flowers appear above the foliage in spring. 'Buttered Popcorn' is a dense, creeping ground cover that typically grows to 10" tall and features attractive, chartreuse and gold, deeply cut, serrated, snowflake-like leaves on creeping stems which root as they go at the nodes. Specific epithet means creeping in reference to its stoloniferous spread. Genus name comes from the Latin word rana meaning frog because many species grow in damp places. In wild areas, plants may spread over time to form large colonies sometimes covering several acres of land, and in the process compete with and displace less vigorous native plants. Plants often grow in lawns, with flattened basal rosettes that survive foot traffic and mowing. Five-petaled bright yellow flowers (each to 1" wide) bloom from mid-spring to late summer. Compound, shiny, dark green leaves are tri-foliate with toothed, stiff-bristled, obovate to elliptic leaflets (to 3" long). The bright yellow, buttercup-like flowers rise above the foliage in spring and die back in late summer.
The plant forms a dense mat of heart-shaped, 1- to 2 inches-wide, shiny, dark green leaves that mound to about 3 feet tall. and Canada, commonly naturalizing into fields, roadsides, waste areas and lawns. This perennial ranunculus can be aggressive, spreading by sending bulblets on stems and with underground tubers. It has spread throughout most of the U.S.
The fresh yellow of these bold blooms contrast in a wonderful way with. Native to Europe and Asia, this plant has over time naturalized in temperate regions throughout the world. Add a refreshing zing of colour to borders and containers with this zesty ranunculus. Foliage and flowers are ornamentally attractive. It will form a dense ground cover in moist areas. Ranunculus repens, commonly known as creeping buttercup, is a weedy, stoloniferous perennial that typically rises to 8-12" tall, but spreads to 36" wide or more by prostrate stems that root in the ground at the nodes.
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