- Flowers of the California buttercup, ranunculus californicus, are formed of five green sepals, between 7 and 22 elliptic, yellow, overlapping petals, and a group of many stamens and pistils. The petals wither to leave a green center (the gynoecium), ringed by spiky carpels. Leaves are thick, divided into three segments, with rounded, lobed edges. The freely-branching plant grows generally sideways (2 to 3.
- The California buttercup ( Ranunculus californicus ), a perennial herb of the Ranunculaceae family, brightens much of California (except the deserts) with 3/4 inch, remarkably glossy, deep yellow flowers, each with 9 to 17 petals. Their native habitat extends into.
California buttercup Ranunculus californicus, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North.
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Buttercup GPS Coordinates - 32° 58.30 N / 115° 10.36 W
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The dunes south of Interstate 8 are very
close to the Mexican border. Be aware that
there is no fence and the U.S. Border Patrol
may not look lightly on riders that ride across
the border.
New Border Fence - 2008
Imperial Sand Dunes, west of Yuma, Ariz. – A stretch of border fence directly south of where Border Patrol Agent Luis Aguilar was murdered by drug traffickers in January 2008. Agent Aguilar was killed by the driver of a drug load vehicle that drove unhindered into the U.S. across the Imperial Sand Dunes. The Department of Homeland Security has now constructed fence along 359 miles of the nation’s Southwest border.
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Plank Road
Other Nearby Camping Areas on the south side of Interstate 8
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Plank Road
Grays Well
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Buttercup Aerial Photos
Buttercup - TerraServer Interactive Aerial Photo
Buttercup - Google Earth Placemark
Getting there from the Dunes
From Gecko Road, take the Sand Highway south until it ends above Dune Buggy Flats. Then to the Gordons Well I-8 overcrossing. Cross bridge, and head east past Grays Well and Plank road.
Getting there from the Highway
I-8 to the Grays Well exit. Buttercup campground is on the south side of the highway, to the left.
Other Information
Pair-A-Dice is just west of the Gordons Well exit on I-8
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