Fruits are clusters of 20-50 achenes on globe-shaped heads.Bloom time is usually from March to August.Flowers usually have five (sometimes ten) glossy, bright yellow petals and grow singly on long grooved stalks.Basal leaves have long petioles (stalks), leaves higher up the plant have shorter or no petioles.Pale patches on the leaves distinguish creeping buttercup from similar looking plants such as hardy geraniums.Leaves are dark green with light patches and are divided into three toothed leaflets, the central leaflet on a stalk.Can grow up to one foot tall but are often shorter in mowed areas.Can be distinguished from other buttercup species such as tall buttercup ( Ranunculus acris) by the creeping stolons.Perennial with short swollen stems and creeping stolons that root at the nodes.The King County Noxious Weed Control Board recommends the prevention of spread of this species to uninfested areas and its control in protected wilderness areas, natural lands that are being restored to native vegetation, and in pastures that are being grazed. For more information see Noxious Weed Lists and Laws. However, in King County, this non-native invasive buttercup species is classified as a Weed of Concern. Legal status in King County, WashingtonĬreeping buttercup is not on the Washington State Noxious Weed List. This plant is extremely aggressive and toxic to grazing animals. Stolon growth starts in spring, peaks in late summer. Reproduces by seed and vegetatively via long, branching stolons that root at the nodes. March-August, produces bright yellow, glossy flowers with usually 5 (up to 10) petals. Leaves and stems are both somewhat hairy. Leaves are dark green with pale patches, divided into 3 toothed leaflets. It blooms and the bee comes.'Īs in nature, variations in size, shape and color of each pressed botanical will occur.Įach pressed botanical is sold individually.Creeping buttercup, a King County Weed of Concern, is a low-growing perennial with creeping stolons that's found in rural and urban areas throughout King County, such as pastures, farmlands, natural wetlands, city gardens, and lawns. White Meadowsweets: 'To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hoiur.' - William Blakeĭahlberg Daisy: 'The flower doesn't dream of the bee. Periwinkle Rue: 'Like wildflowres, you must allow yourself to grow in all the places you thought you never would.' Lesser Meadow Rue: 'Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.' It just blooms.'īuttercup: 'I sit before flowers hoping they will train me in the art of opening up.' -Shane Koyczan Red Wishbone: 'A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it.

Purple Cosmos: 'Each flower must grow through the dirt to reach the light.' Marigold flower: 'If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.' -Lord Tennyson

Purple Baby's-breath - 'Some days it storms, some days it shines. Yellow Cosmos - 'And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it takes to blossom.' -Anaïs NinĪrtemisia - 'Sometimes the little things in life are more than enough.' Wild and beautiful and drenched in sun.'īlue Wishbone Flower - 'One day you will look back and see that all along you were blooming.' Orange Cosmos - 'Let us live like flowers. Purple Lace Flower - 'Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.' - Theodore Roethke Pansy Flower - 'There is so much hope in a little flower.' Sage - 'In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.' - Aristotleįorget-Me-Not Flower - 'There are always flowers for those who want to see them.' - Henri Matisse One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.' - Hans Chrisitian Andersen Pisum Leaf - 'He who plants kindness gathers love.' - Saint Basilĭaisy Flower - 'Just living is not enough. You can grow flowers or weeds.'įern - 'Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.' - Leonardo Da Vinici White Lace Flower - 'Your Mind is a garden, your thoughts are the seeds. These little pressed beauties are perfect for invitations, glass frames, scrapbooks, and anywhere you want to bring the outdoors in. Each pressed botanical comes individually wrapped with an inspirational quote.

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