List of Barberries and Buttercups of Montana
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Ranunculales
Ranunculales is an order of flowering plants. Of necessity it contains the family Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family, because the name of the order is based on the name of a genus in that family. Ranunculales belongs to a paraphyletic group known as the basal eudicots...
found in Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
. Some of these species are exotics
Introduced species
An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...
(not native to Montana) and some species have been designated as Species of Concern.
Barberries
Family: BerberidaceaeBerberidaceae
Berberidaceae are a family of 15 genera flowering plants commonly called the barberry family. This family is in the order Ranunculales. The family contains about 570 species, of which the majority are in Berberis...
- Creeping Oregon-grape, Berberis repens
- European BarberryBerberis vulgarisBerberis vulgaris /// is a shrub in the family Berberidaceae, native to central and southern Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia; it is also naturalised in northern Europe, including the British Isles and Scandinavia, and North America.It is a deciduous shrub growing up to 4 m high...
, Berberis vulgaris - Longleaf Oregon-grape, Berberis nervosa
- Piper's Oregon-grape, Berberis aquifolium
Buttercups
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae are a family of about 1700 species of flowering plants in about 60 genera, distributed worldwide....
- Alkali ButtercupRanunculus cymbalariaRanunculus cymbalaria is a species of buttercup known by the common names alkali buttercup and seaside buttercup. It is native to much of Eurasia and parts of North and South America, where it grows in many types of habitat, especially in moist to wet areas such as marshes, bogs, and moist spring...
, Ranunculus cymbalaria - Alpine MeadowrueThalictrum alpinumThalictrum alpinum is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common name alpine meadow-rue. It is native to Arctic and alpine regions of North America and Eurasia, including Alaska, northern Canada, and Greenland, and it occurs in cold, wet, boggy habitat in high...
, Thalictrum alpinum - Anderson's LarkspurDelphinium andersoniiDelphinium andersonii is a species of larkspur known as Anderson's larkspur. This wildflower is native to western North America where it can be found in the Great Basin and the Sierra Nevada. This is an erect perennial usually reaching about half a meter in height. It has small leaves on long...
, Delphinium andersonii - Arctic Buttercup, Ranunculus grayi
- Bristly Crowfoot, Ranunculus pensylvanicus
- Bristly MousetailMyosurus apetalusMyosurus apetalus is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common name bristly mousetail. It is native to much of western North America, as well as Chile. It grows in moist and wet habitat, such as marshes, meadows, and vernal pools. It is an annual plant forming a small...
, Myosurus apetalus - Bristly MousetailMyosurus apetalusMyosurus apetalus is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common name bristly mousetail. It is native to much of western North America, as well as Chile. It grows in moist and wet habitat, such as marshes, meadows, and vernal pools. It is an annual plant forming a small...
, Myosurus apetalus var. borealis - Bristly MousetailMyosurus apetalusMyosurus apetalus is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common name bristly mousetail. It is native to much of western North America, as well as Chile. It grows in moist and wet habitat, such as marshes, meadows, and vernal pools. It is an annual plant forming a small...
, Myosurus apetalus var. montanus - Canada AnemoneAnemone canadensisAnemone canadensis is a herbaceous perennial native to moist meadows, thickets, streambanks, and lakeshores in North America, spreading rapidly by underground rhizomes, valued for its white flowers.-Description:Shoots with deeply divided and toothed basal leaves grow from caudices on long,...
, Anemone Canadensis - Carolina Tassel-rue, Trautvetteria caroliniensis
- Colorado Columbine, Aquilegia coerulea
- Columbia MonkshoodAconitum columbianumAconitum columbianum is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common names Columbian monkshood or western monkshood. This wildflower is native to western North America where it grows in moist areas. It is a spindly, twining perennial plant with lobed or toothed leaves...
, Aconitum columbianum - Columbian Virgin's-bower, Clematis columbiana
- Creeping Buttercup, Ranunculus repens
- Cursed ButtercupRanunculus sceleratusRanunculus sceleratus is a species of buttercup known by the common names cursed buttercup and celery-leaved buttercup. It is native to North America and Eurasia, where it grows in wet and moist habitat, including ponds and streambanks. It is an annual herb growing up to half a meter tall...
, Ranunculus sceleratus - Curveseed Butterwort, Ranunculus testiculatus
- Doubtful Knight's-spur, Delphinium ajacis
- Dwarf ButtercupRanunculus pygmaeusRanunculus pygmaeus is a species of buttercup found throughout the Arctic, as well as in the mountains of Norway and the Rocky Mountains. A few populations also exist in the Eastern Alps and Tatra Mountains.It is a small plant, prostrate-ascending, 1-5 cm tall...
, Ranunculus pygmaeus - Eastern MousetailMyosurus minimusMyosurus minimus is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common name tiny mousetail. It is native to much of the Northern Hemisphere, including parts of Europe, Asia, North Africa, and North America. It generally grows in moist habitat types, such as riverbanks and wet...
, Myosurus minimus - Electric Peak Larkspur, Delphinium glaucescens
- Eschscholtz's ButtercupRanunculus eschscholtziiRanunculus eschscholtzii is a species of buttercup known by the common name Eschscholtz's buttercup. It is native to much of western North America from Arctic northwestern Canada and Alaska to California to New Mexico, where it grows in meadows and talus on high mountain slopes and other open rocky...
, Ranunculus eschscholtzii - Eschscholtz's ButtercupRanunculus eschscholtziiRanunculus eschscholtzii is a species of buttercup known by the common name Eschscholtz's buttercup. It is native to much of western North America from Arctic northwestern Canada and Alaska to California to New Mexico, where it grows in meadows and talus on high mountain slopes and other open rocky...
, Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. eschscholtzii - Fendler's MeadowrueThalictrum fendleriThalictrum fendleri is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common name Fendler's meadow-rue. It is native to western North America, including much of the western United States and northern Mexico. It is a common plant found in many types of habitat. It is a perennial...
, Thalictrum fendleri - Few-flower MeadowrueThalictrum sparsiflorumThalictrum sparsiflorum is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common name fewflower meadow-rue. It is native to northwestern North America and parts of northeastern Asia. It grows in moist habitat, such as streambanks and forest understory. It is a perennial herb...
, Thalictrum sparsiflorum - Geyer's Larkspur, Delphinium geyeri
- Graceful Buttercup, Ranunculus inamoenus
- Heart-leaved Buttercup, Ranunculus cardiophyllus
- High-arctic Buttercup, Ranunculus hyperboreus
- Jones' Columbine, Aquilegia jonesii
- Potential Jove's ButtercupRanunculus jovisRanunculus jovis is a species of buttercup known by the common name Utah buttercup. It is native to the mountain west of the United States, from Nevada to Wyoming. It is a petite plant, growing a few centimeters tall on hairless stems with a few deeply divided fingerlike leaves at the base...
, Ranunculus jovis - Kidneyleaf Buttercup, Ranunculus abortivus
- Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaRanunculus flammula L. is a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Ranunculus , growing in damp places throughout the Boreal Kingdom. It is very closely related to R. reptans L., which is distinguished by prostrate and more slender stems, narrower leaves and smaller flowers and is...
, Ranunculus flammula - Limestone LarkspurDelphinium bicolorDelphinium bicolor is a species of larkspur known as little larkspur and low larkspur. It is native to northwestern North America from British Columbia to South Dakota, where it grows in mountain forests and foothill scrub and prairie. This is a perennial herb growing from a thickly branching root...
, Delphinium bicolor ssp. calcicola - Little Belt Mountain ThimbleweedAnemone drummondiiAnemone drummondii is a species of anemone known by the common name Drummond's anemone. This wildflower is native to western North America from California to Alaska. It is a squat perennial with short erect stems and small, soft, wrinkled leaves. Each clumping plant produces several showy flowers,...
, Anemone drummondii var. lithophila - Little LarkspurDelphinium bicolorDelphinium bicolor is a species of larkspur known as little larkspur and low larkspur. It is native to northwestern North America from British Columbia to South Dakota, where it grows in mountain forests and foothill scrub and prairie. This is a perennial herb growing from a thickly branching root...
, Delphinium bicolor - Long-fruited AnemoneAnemone cylindricaAnemone cylindrica is a very upright growing, clump forming herbaceous plant species in the genus Anemone and family Ranunculaceae. Plants grow 30 to 100 cm tall, flowering early summer but often found flowering till late summer, the flowers are greenish-white. After flowering the fruits are...
, Anemone cylindrica - Macoun's ButtercupRanunculus macouniiRanunculus macounii is a species of buttercup known by the common name Macoun's buttercup. It is native to much of North America, from Alaska and northwestern Canada to Newfoundland and Labrador, and the contiguous United States except for the northeast and southeastern areas. It grows in many...
, Ranunculus macounii - Meadow Larkspur, Delphinium burkei
- Mountain ButtercupRanunculus populagoRanunculus populago is a species of buttercup known by the common names popular buttercup and mountain buttercup. It is native to the Pacific Northwest and surrounding areas in the United States, where it grows in wet habitat, such as bogs, streambanks, and moist mountain meadows...
, Ranunculus populago - Northern Buttercup, Ranunculus pedatifidus
- Nuttall's LarkspurDelphinium nuttallianumDelphinium nuttallianum is a species of larkspur known by the common names twolobe larkspur and Nuttall's larkspur. It is widely distributed across western North America from California to Alberta. This wildflower has a white to pink erect stem usually not exceeding half a meter in height which may...
, Delphinium nuttallianum - Pacific AnemoneAnemone multifidaAnemone multifida is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common names cutleaf anemone, Pacific anemone and globe anemone. It is native to northern North America from Alaska to New York and as far south as Arizona and New Mexico. It is also known from parts of South...
, Anemone multifida var. multifida - Pale LarkspurDelphinium glaucumDelphinium glaucum is a species of larkspur known by the common names Sierra larkspur, mountain larkspur, and glaucous larkspur. This wildflower is native to western North America from Arizona to Alaska. It grows in moist mountainous environments, such as riverbanks and meadows...
, Delphinium glaucum - PasqueflowerPulsatilla patensPulsatilla patens is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Europe, Russia, Mongolia, China, Canada and the United States...
, Anemone patens - Prairie-crocus, Anemone nuttalliana
- Piper's Anemone, Anemone piperi
- Plantainleaf ButtercupRanunculus alismifoliusRanunculus alismifolius is a species of buttercup known by the common name plantainleaf buttercup. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist mountain habitat such as meadows, streambanks, and bogs, becoming common to abundant in...
, Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismellus - Plantainleaf ButtercupRanunculus alismifoliusRanunculus alismifolius is a species of buttercup known by the common name plantainleaf buttercup. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist mountain habitat such as meadows, streambanks, and bogs, becoming common to abundant in...
, Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius - Plantainleaf ButtercupRanunculus alismifoliusRanunculus alismifolius is a species of buttercup known by the common name plantainleaf buttercup. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist mountain habitat such as meadows, streambanks, and bogs, becoming common to abundant in...
, Ranunculus alismifolius var. davisii - Prairie Buttercup, Ranunculus rhomboideus
- Purple ClematisClematis occidentalisClematis occidentalis is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common name western blue virginsbower. It is native to much of southern Canada and the northern United States. There are three varieties: var. occidentalis is limited to the eastern half of the species'...
, Clematis occidentalis - Purple Meadowrue, Thalictrum dasycarpum
- Purple Virgin's-bower, Clematis columbiana var. columbiana
- Red Baneberry, Actaea rubra
- Sagebrush ButtercupRanunculus glaberrimusRanunculus glaberrimus is a small plant native to interior western North America, from central British Columbia east to southern Saskatchewan, southwest to northeastern California, and southeast to northern New Mexico...
, Ranunculus glaberrimus - Sagebrush ButtercupRanunculus glaberrimusRanunculus glaberrimus is a small plant native to interior western North America, from central British Columbia east to southern Saskatchewan, southwest to northeastern California, and southeast to northern New Mexico...
, Ranunculus glaberrimus var. ellipticus - Sagebrush ButtercupRanunculus glaberrimusRanunculus glaberrimus is a small plant native to interior western North America, from central British Columbia east to southern Saskatchewan, southwest to northeastern California, and southeast to northern New Mexico...
, Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus - Sharpleaf Buttercup, Ranunculus acriformis
- Short-styled Columbine, Aquilegia brevistyla
- Sitka Columbine, Aquilegia formosa
- Slender-lobed Clematis, Clematis columbiana var. tenuiloba
- Slim LarkspurDelphinium depauperatumDelphinium depauperatum is a species of larkspur known by the common names slim larkspur and dwarf larkspur. This wildflower is native to western North America where it is found in mountain meadows. It grows from a short root and erects a stem usually under 40 centimeters in maximum height...
, Delphinium depauperatum - Small Yellow ButtercupRanunculus gmeliniiRanunculus gmelinii or Gmelin's buttercup is a perennial flowering forb in the family Ranunculaceae. Like most buttercups it typically has five glossy yellow petals which are radially symmetric. It blooms from late spring through summer. The stem is prostrate on moist ground or floating, and will...
, Ranunculus gmelinii - Small-flower AnemoneAnemone parvifloraAnemone parviflora is a herbaceous plant species in the genus Anemone and family Ranunculaceae. Plants grow 10 to 30 cm tall, from a thin, 2 mm thick rhizome. Stem leaves without petioles, basal leaves few with long petioles and deeply 3-parted...
, Anemone parviflora - Spreading Globeflower, Trollius laxus
- Straightbeak Buttercup, Ranunculus orthorhynchus
- SugarbowlsClematis hirsutissimaClematis hirsutissima is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common name hairy clematis. It is native to much of the western United States, from Washington to Nebraska. It is a small, erect plant which, unlike other Clematis, does not generally produce vines. It is...
, Clematis hirsutissima - Suksdorf's ButtercupRanunculus eschscholtziiRanunculus eschscholtzii is a species of buttercup known by the common name Eschscholtz's buttercup. It is native to much of western North America from Arctic northwestern Canada and Alaska to California to New Mexico, where it grows in meadows and talus on high mountain slopes and other open rocky...
, Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. suksdorfii - Summer AdonisAdonis aestivalisAdonis aestivalis is a medicinal and ornamental plant. It is native to Europe but has been introduced elsewhere, such as the western and eastern parts of the United States.-External links:*****...
, Adonis aestivalis - Tall Buttercup, Ranunculus acris
- Tall Larkspur, Delphinium occidentale
- Teton Thimble-weedAnemone multifidaAnemone multifida is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common names cutleaf anemone, Pacific anemone and globe anemone. It is native to northern North America from Alaska to New York and as far south as Arizona and New Mexico. It is also known from parts of South...
, Anemone multifida var. tetonensis - Tundra ButtercupRanunculus eschscholtziiRanunculus eschscholtzii is a species of buttercup known by the common name Eschscholtz's buttercup. It is native to much of western North America from Arctic northwestern Canada and Alaska to California to New Mexico, where it grows in meadows and talus on high mountain slopes and other open rocky...
, Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. eximius - Veined Meadowrue, Thalictrum venulosum
- Water-plantain Buttercup, Ranunculus alismifolius
- Western GoldthreadCoptis occidentalisCoptis occidentalis, Idaho Goldthread, is plant native to western North America. It is a member of the buttercup family. This plant has also been known under the binomial Chrysocoptis occidentalis and the common name western goldthread....
, Coptis occidentalis - Western MeadowrueThalictrum occidentaleThalictrum occidentale is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common name western meadow-rue. It is native to northwestern North America from Alaska and western Canada to northern California to Wyoming and Colorado, where it grows in shady habitat types such as forest...
, Thalictrum occidentale - Western PasqueflowerAnemone occidentalisAnemone occidentalis is a herbaceous plant species in the genus Anemone and family Ranunculaceae. Other authorities place it in the genus Pulsatilla. Individuals are 10 to 60 cm tall, from caudices, with 3 to 6 leaves at the base of the plant that are 3-foliolate, each leaflet pinnatifid to...
, Anemone occidentalis - Western Virgin's-bower, Clematis ligusticifolia
- Western Wild Buttercup, Ranunculus adoneus
- White Marsh-marigoldCaltha leptosepalaCaltha leptosepala is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family. It is native to western North America from Alaska to New Mexico, where it grows in wet mountain habitats in alpine and subalpine regions...
, Caltha leptosepala - White Water ButtercupRanunculus aquatilisRanunculus aquatilis is a plant species of the genus Ranunculus, native throughout most of Europe and western North America, and also northwest Africa....
, Ranunculus aquatilis - Woodland ButtercupRanunculus uncinatusRanunculus uncinatus is a species of buttercup known by the common names woodland buttercup and little buttercup. It is native to western North America from Alaska to California to New Mexico, where it grows in wet, wooded habitat such as forest streambanks. It is a perennial herb producing a...
, Ranunculus uncinatus - Yellow ColumbineAquilegia flavescensAquilegia flavescens is a wildflower native to mountain meadows, open woods, and alpine slopes of the Rocky Mountains from Utah north to British Columbia and Alberta.The plant grows to 20-70 cm in height...
, Aquilegia flavescens