White Persian Buttercups

by Eva Lechner

Title

White Persian Buttercups

Artist

Eva Lechner

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Mixed Media - Mixed Media/macro Photography/painting

Description

Ranunculus /ræˈnʌŋkjʊləs/ is a genus of about 500 species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae. Members of the genus include the buttercups, spearworts and water crowfoots. The petals are often highly lustrous, especially in yellow species, owing to a special coloration mechanism: the petal's upper surface is very smooth causing a mirror-like reflection.[3][4] The flash aids in attracting pollinating insects and temperature regulation of the flower's reproductive organs.[3] Buttercups usually flower in the spring, but flowers may be found throughout the summer, especially where the plants are growing as opportunistic colonizers, as in the case of garden weeds.

The water crowfoots (Ranunculus subgenus Batrachium), which grow in still or running water, are sometimes treated in a separate genus Batrachium (from Greek βάτραχος bátrakhos, "frog"). They have two different leaf types, thread-like leaves underwater and broader floating leaves. In some species, such as R. aquatilis, a third, intermediate leaf type occurs.

Original macro photography and digital artwork by Eva Lechner

3rd tied place in the Contest Beautiful Persian Buttercups-April 2019

2nd tied place in the Contest Tribute To Another LIVING Artist Contest FROM FAA...-February 2020
1st place in honor of Debra Lynch

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April 15th, 2019

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