Buttercup family
Ranunculaceae
Con-sol’id-da. About 40 species of annuals from s. and e. Europe to cen. Asia, 2 fairly commonly cultivated. They are related to Delphinium, from which they differ in having the 2 upper petals united into 1, and the 2 lower petals lacking.
Description
Leaves narrow and divided. Flowers in showy spikes, with sepals and petals similar in shape, but one bearing a long spur.
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Buttercup family
Ranunculaceae
Ny-jell’a. About 20 herbaceous annual species, mostly natives of the Mediterranean region.
Description
Leaves alternate, often of lacelike appearance because of finely divided, threadlike segments. Flowers blue or white, produced at ends of branching stems, each flower enclosed by much-branched, threadlike bracts growing from base. Petals 5-8, notched. Stamens indefinite in number. Pistils usually 5-10, separated at top, but united at base.
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