Buttercups

[Oliver Buckle]

To me a buttercup is a buttercup, but when my brother compiled a flora for the area around Newton Blossomville where he lived I think he identified five different ones growing, meadow, creeping, bulbous, water, and one other. I was surprised, but he told me there are actually hundreds of species. Some of these botanists are a touch pedantic, he also told me of someone who identified five different species of brambles by counting stamens, that must make for a fun afternoon