| Scientific Name: | Ranunculus asiaticus (incl. hybrid cvs.) |
| Common Name: | Persian buttercup |
| Family Name: | Ranunculaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - northern, Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as), Flowering cut plant, Flowering pot plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Open |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Cut flower or foliage, Floristry, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Basal, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Obovate, Ovate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Panicle, White, Orange, Yellow, Purple, Pink, Red, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Achene, Green, Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves mostly basal, 3-10cm long x 2-6cm wide, highly dissected/ deeply and irregularly lobed (reminiscent of parsley or celery); flowers cup-shaped, poppy-like, up to 5cm wide, common cultivars with many petals in red, pink, purple, yellow or white, purple-black anthers. | |