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We have neighbors that graze their two horses on our field. They told us that the buttercups flowers (Ranunculus Acris) were bad for the horses, there are several flowers growing. I have never heard of this. Does anyone know?
-- Candace Lewis (billyl@widomaker.com), May 08, 2001
http://www.vet.purdue.edu/depts/addl/toxic/plant30.htm
-- ~Rogo (rogo2020@yahoo.com), May 08, 2001.
Yes. Buttercups (Rannunculus) are poisonous. If it is only 'several' flowers, use a weed digger and take them out before they spread. I kept after the ones in my pasture and they weren't hard to eradicate that way, but then, I only did have a few initially, and didn't let them get well established.
-- julie f. (rumplefrogskin@excite.com), May 08, 2001.