Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)

Family: Ranunculaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Bloom Color: Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Early fall, Late summer, Late spring, Mid summer. Form: Spreading or horizontal, Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Leaves - cooked and used as a pot-herb. A famine food, used when all else fails, and I would rather give it a miss even then! See the notes above on toxicity. Root - must be dried beforehand and thoroughly cooked. — Leaves - cooked and used as a pot-herb.; A famine food, used when all else fails, and I would rather give it a miss even then! See the notes above on toxicity.; Root - must be dried beforehand and thoroughly cooked.; Personally, I would rather give this one a miss, see the notes above on toxicity.

Habitat & North American Range

Wet meadows, pastures, woods, dune slacks etc. A common and rampant weed, avoiding acid soils. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)