Sulfur-yellow flowers, pinnately divided leaves, sticky, flowers and foliage turn red as they mature, 2-3 ft tall. Found in dry prairies throughout the west.
Potentilla gracilis (Slender or Graceful Cinquefoil)
Just as the common name says, this plant produces a graceful 1' mound of lacy fretted palmate foliage with sunshine yellow flowers. In western Oregon, it is a key species in both our wet and dry prairies and its long bloom-time in June attracts numerous native pollinators.
This native buttercup blooms April through mid-May and is an early shining star of our prairies. Very persistent due to self-sowing. It also makes a nice addition to native gardens giving our native bees important resources early in the season.
This native wetland buttercup grows in a variety of habitats throughout the west. Large, bright yellow flowers that turn red on the back as they age. 1-2 ft tall.
This small-flowered native buttercup is known by the common names woodland buttercup and little buttercup. It is native to many parts of the west where it grows in wet prairies or wet, wooded habitat such as oak/ash woodland and forested streambanks. It often grows as a biennial.
Curvpod yellowcress is found throughout the west in a variety of wet habitats. In our prairie habitats, it is found with other annuals in areas with low cover of other vegetation such as vernal pools. In mild winters, it can act as a biennial.