Pronunciation: ra-NUN-kew-lus ka-li-FOR-ni-kus
Common name: California buttercup
Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup or Crowfoot)
Habitat: Vernally moist slopes, meadows, valley
grasslands, southern oak woodlands, mixed
evergreen forest to 3000' and higher
Blooming period: February to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Ranunculus
2) californicus