General: Alkali Buttercup (Ranunculus cymbalaria) is a perennial forb that grows in wet places in the desert and mountains. The leaves are rounded and notched with a long petiole, and the flowers are yellow with a bulbous center.

Alkali Buttercup is a fairly common component of vegetation communities in wet areas, especially saline sites, from lower elevations into the high mountains in the Lower Sonoran (Creosote-Bursage Flats), Upper Sonoran (Mojave Desert Scrub and Pinyon-Juniper Woodland), Transition (Yellow Pine Forest), Canadian (Pine-Fir Forest), and Hudsonian (Bristlecone Pine Forest) life zones.

Around Las Vegas, look for Alkali Buttercup around springs, seeps, and streams throughout the area.

Family: Buttercup (Ranunculaceae).