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== Anatomy == | == Anatomy == | ||
[[Image:MiddleButtercup.jpg|thumb|<br />150px|left|This is the center of the Buttercup flower]] | [[Image:MiddleButtercup.jpg|thumb|<br />150px|left|This is the center of the Buttercup flower]] | ||
Buttercups have five to six pedals or sepals. Sepals are the "fake" petals, which will take over if the flower loses a pedal. But some Buttercups only have sepals for | Buttercups have five to six pedals or sepals. Sepals are the "fake" petals, which will take over if the flower loses a pedal. But some Buttercups only have sepals for petals and those are called fake buttercups. In the very middle of the Buttercup are many elongate pistils that are surrounded by stamens that may have threadlike tapering styles. The fruit of the buttercup is either an achene or follicle. But in some varieties of Buttercups there are actually berries as the fruits.[http://www.voyageur.drake.edu/Wacha/buttercup_family/buttercup_flower_family.html#anchor24741708] | ||
Buttercups can grow up to one to three feet tall and can be about an inch across. All buttercups are yellow except for different members of the Buttercup family. They can range in colors from white to orange, and sometimes pink.[http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/ranunculusacri.html]The reason why buttercups are so shiny is because of added cells just beneath the first layer of the flower making it look sort of polished.[http://www.rivernen.ca/plant_50.htm] | Buttercups can grow up to one to three feet tall and can be about an inch across. All buttercups are yellow except for different members of the Buttercup family. They can range in colors from white to orange, and sometimes pink.[http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/ranunculusacri.html]The reason why buttercups are so shiny is because of added cells just beneath the first layer of the flower making it look sort of polished.[http://www.rivernen.ca/plant_50.htm] | ||
