How Did The Fig Buttercup Get Here? Fig buttercup reached Oregon via Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It’s an attractive plant that thrives with no care whatsoever and can out-compete native plants. Another, less attractive nickname for it, pilewort, might have helped curtail its popularity had it only caught on. Where did Fig buttercups come
Why Do Buttercups Have Bright Yellow Flowers? A new study reveals the answer: Buttercups are unique among flowers. Their bright-yellow gloss results from a one-of-a-kind combination of pigments and anatomical structures that create an optical thin film. These films reflect light much like a sheen of oil on a parking-lot puddle, said study leader Casper
What Happens If You Eat Buttercups? Toxicity. All Ranunculus (buttercup) species are poisonous when eaten fresh, but their acrid taste and the blistering of the mouth caused by their poison means they are usually left uneaten. … The toxins are degraded by drying, so hay containing dried buttercups is safe. Can eating buttercups kill you?