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Buttercup Family
has many stamen around a central cluster of multiple pistils. Parts are not attached in a cup.


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Minnesota Montana Indiana Alien
Tall Buttercup Tall Buttercup
Convulvulus sepium
Buttercup Family

This is a buttercup that is not associated with wetlands. The plant is 2-3 feet tall and is found along roadsides near the North Shore.

Marsh Marigold Marsh Marigold
Caltha palustris
Buttercup Family

Grows in shallow swampland throughout Minnesota.

Columbine Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Buttercup Family

Grows at forest edge in Minnesota. Beautiful orange/red petals form a hood over a yellow center. Photo by David M. Johnson

Yellow Columbine Yellow Columbine
flavescens
Buttercup Family

This speciman was in Glacier National Park.

Red Baneberry Red Baneberry
Actaea rubra
The berries are bright red The plant grows on the forest floor of Eastern hardwood forest in Minnesota. Sorry, I have no flower pictures for the Baneberries yet.
White Baneberry White Baneberry
Actaea rubra
The berries are pure white with a black dot. They are sometimes called "doll eyes." They are common in Minnesota hardwood forest.
Sharp Lobed Hepatica Sharped Lobed Hepatica
Hepatica acutiloba
Buttercup Family

Doug Derr collected this from a woods near Elk River, MN. The plant is very nice with an early spring bloom.

Wood Anemone Wood Anemone
Anemone quinquefolia
Buttercup Family

These anemones were in my father's woods in Indiana.

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