Buttercups

by Sandi OReilly

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Buttercups

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Sandi OReilly

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Photograph - Photography

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We went out to visit the stables and the horses were in a field that had buttercups all over it. I picked these and brought them home and this is the image I took. They are so vibrant, such small flowers but with such delicate beauty in these tiny flowers of God's creation.

Buttercups (Ranunculus) are mostly herbaceous perennials with bright yellow or white flowers (if white, still with a yellow centre); some are annuals or biennials. A few species have orange or red flowers. There are usually five petals, but sometimes six, numerous, or none, as in R. auricomus. The petals are often highly lustrous, especially in yellow species. Buttercups usually flower in the spring, but flowers may be found throughout the summer, especially where the plants are growing as opportunistic colonizers, as in the case of garden weeds. The name buttercup may derive from a false belief that the plants give butter its characteristic yellow hue (in fact it is poisonous to cows and other livestock). A popular children's game involves holding a buttercup up to the chin; a yellow reflection is supposed to indicate fondness for butter.

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May 26th, 2014

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