These two flowers paired sound like a couple of female outlaws! I can see the movie poster now...a tall skinny blonde (
Uma Thurman) and a short tough-looking broad (
Kathy Bates), holding six-shooters and squinting into the camera.
Anyway, here's Tall Buttercup. Other names include Acrid Crowfoot, Bachelor's Buttons, Blisterweed, Burrwort, Globe Amaranth, Gold Cup, Meadow Buttercup, Meadowbloom, Yellows, and Yellowweed.
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| Tall Buttercup |
Just like its cousin Creeeping Buttercup, you should NOT EAT Tall Buttercup. It contains toxins that are very irritating to the skin and lining of the mouth, stomach, and intestines. So you definitely want to keep it away from livestock. However, people do use it for medicine after drying it out. But most information about this flower discusses how to get rid of it.
Daisy Fleabane is much friendlier.
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| Daisy Fleabane |
You can make a tea out of Daisy Fleabane, or (some say) burn it to keep insects away, hence the "Fleabane" name. It's a favorite of bees, butterflies, livestock, deer, rabbits, and groundhogs.
One website adamantly stated that this flower should not be pulled as a weed because it adds to the ecosystem so much.
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