Is This Buttercup?

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by RoyalOrchids

Camille, you're sharp! I was thinking the exact same thing. We don't have yellow Oenothera here, just the pink/white but the flowers are almost identical except for color. Definitely not Ranunculus, most certainly Oenotherea (in the potato family )

Not potato family! Potatoes are in the Solanaceae,(the nightshade family with tomatoes and eggplant) and Oenothera are in the Onagraceae (Fuchsia is also in this family).

I'm actually surprised that I remembered the name, since my botany courses were 3 years ago. Just some of the little details I had to learn by heart. We learned 500 plants, names and culture, to the point that we could recite them in our sleep.