Ranunculus bulbosus Bulbous buttercup (Ranunculaceae)

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Ranunculus bulbosus
Bulbous buttercup
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The Ranunculus bulbosus plant species is found in Britain. It is a member of the Ranunculaceae family. Common gardeners may know the plant as Bulbous buttercup.

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Latin Name:  Ranunculus bulbosus
Common Name:  Bulbous buttercup
Family:  Ranunculaceae
Author:  L.

Known Hazards:  All parts of the plant are poisonous, the toxins can be destroyed by heat or by drying[4, 10, 13, 19, 62, 65]. The plant has a strongly acrid juice that can cause blistering to the skin[65, 183].

Mature Height:  0.3   Mature Width:  1

Habitat:  Meadows, lawns, dry pastures, grassy slopes and fixed dunes, preferring a calcareous sub-strata[17].

Medicinal Information: The whole plant, and especially the sap, is acrid, anodyne, antispasmodic, diaphoretic, rubefacient[4, 21]. It was at one time rubbed on the skin by beggars in order to produce open sores and thereby excite sympathy[4]. The root has been placed in a tooth cavity to act as a painkiller[257]. A decoction of the plant has been used in the treatment of VD[257]. Use this remedy with caution, see the notes above on toxicity[21].

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