crowfoot

Japanese: crowfoot

…the basic variety is distributed in Europe. The genus Ranunculus (buttercup, crowfoot) has about 600 species, distributed widely throughout the world, but in the tropics it grows mainly in high mountains.
[Ranunculaceae]
Dicotyledonous plants, including 60 genera and about 2,500 species, are widely distributed throughout the world, but are rare in the tropics.

From [Ranunculus]

...In June, after the flowers have finished blooming and the leaves have turned yellow, they are dug up, washed, and the old stems are cut off and placed in a net bag or similar, then dried in the shade in a well-ventilated place to oversummer. There are about 600 species of the Ranunculus genus (English names: buttercup, crowfoot), mainly found in the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere, with a few species also found in the tropical highlands of the Southern Hemisphere. Many of them produce beautiful bright yellow flowers, and several species other than the buttercup are cultivated as gardens. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "crowfoot" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…基本変種はヨーロッパに分布する。　キンポウゲ属Ranunculus(英名buttercup,crowfoot)にはおよそ600種があり，世界中に広く分布しているが，熱帯では主として高山に生育する。
【キンポウゲ科Ranunculaceae】
　双子葉植物，60属約2500種を含み，世界中に広く分布するが，熱帯には少ない。…

【ラナンキュラス】より

…花の終わった6月，葉が黄変したころに掘り上げ，株を水洗いし，古茎を切り捨て網袋などに入れて通気のよい所で陰干しして越夏する。　キンポウゲ属Ranunculus(英名buttercup,crowfoot)は北半球の温帯を中心に600種ほどがあり，南半球の熱帯高地にも少数種が分布している。多くは鮮黄色の美しい花をつけ，ハナキンポウゲ以外にも数種が園芸的に栽植されている。…

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