Meadow Buttercup
Fearbán Léana
| Irish name: | Fearbán Léana |
| See it in: | Summer |
| Wildflowers of Ireland profile: | Meadow Buttercup |
Meadow Buttercup is much taller than the Creeping Buttercup. Its leaves are much more divided. Found in meadows and on roadsides where verges are left uncut. Has plentiful supplies of nectar and pollen and attracts lots of bees, butterflies and beetles. Sap can irritate skin. In contrast, Creeping Buttercup grows from runners. It can take over a garden in no time. Its stems are furrowed and its triangular leaves with three lobes are not as narrow and divided as those of Meadow Buttercup. Sap, too, can irritate the skin.