{"product_id":"straightbeaked-buttercup","title":"Straight-Beaked Buttercup Seeds (Ranunculus orthorhynchus)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eStraightbeaked buttercup (sometimes called swamp buttercup) is a terrific spring hoverfly plant (although lots of small native bees visit it as well). It’s the especially valuable kind of perennial wildflower that competes and persists quite well with grasses, even in overgrown grassy wetlands and seasonally wet meadows (places where grasses tend to grow lush and dense). It’s also quite tolerant of heavy clay soils where it arises to about 18-inches in height (from attractive pinnate leaves), producing glossy, yellow cup-shaped blossoms that are as bright as the morning sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eLook for the bees in those blossoms, the caerulean mining bee (\u003cem\u003eAndrena caerulea\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eHalictus virgatellus\u003c\/em\u003e, various \u003cem\u003eOsmia\u003c\/em\u003e. But, it’s the charming, helicopter-maneuvering hoverflies that show up in great abundance, the greatest of the cool climate, early spring wetland flower visitors. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNative to cool climates throughout western North America, in both northern latitudes and higher elevations: the Pacific Northwest, the Northern Rockies, California. Straight-beaked buttercup is plant for seasonally wet places: moist meadows, streambanks, wetlands, rain gardens, drainage swales, riparian corridors, stormwater systems. Combine it with spike bentgrass, common camas, wild blue iris and bog saxifrage to make a whole wet meadow ecosystem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eLike other buttercups, this plant contains protoanemonin compounds that deter animal browsing. It’s generally ignored by deer and rabbits. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eApproximately 30 to 50 seeds (0.5 grams).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47635246022902,"sku":"","price":7.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/straight-beaked-buttercup-seeds-ranunculus-orthorhynchus-3120053.jpg?v=1777823587","url":"https:\/\/northwestmeadowscapes.com\/products\/straightbeaked-buttercup","provider":"Northwest Meadowscapes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}