This pretty little yellow flower is in the Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae--from Latin for frog)--also called the crowfoot family because of the divided leaves. The pretty flower transforms into a sticky bur, thus the common name, bur buttercup (
Ceratocephala testiculata).
It's a tiny plant, usually growing no more than a few inches high, in close proximity to other bur buttercups. It often grows along roadsides and waste areas, but I also found quite a few growing under pinyon pines and Utah junipers.
This annual flower is native to southeastern Europe. It contains a compound that is poisonous to sheep.
Bur buttercup is one of the earliest bloomers, usually showing its color when temperatures reach 45-50 degrees. Although the plant is small on the surface, its root more than doubles the length of the plant. For more information about bur buttercup, click
here.
This pretty little yellow flower is in the Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae--from Latin for frog)--also called the crowfoot family because of the divided leaves. The pretty flower transforms into a sticky bur, thus the common name, bur buttercup (Ceratocephala testiculata). 
It's a tiny plant, usually growing no more than a few inches high, in close proximity to other bur buttercups. It often grows along roadsides and waste areas, but I also found quite a few growing under pinyon pines and Utah junipers.
This annual flower is native to southeastern Europe. It contains a compound that is poisonous to sheep.
Bur buttercup is one of the earliest bloomers, usually showing its color when temperatures reach 45-50 degrees. Although the plant is small on the surface, its root more than doubles the length of the plant. For more information about bur buttercup, click here.
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