Buttercup meets alpiiskata time in the mountains and along lakes, rivers and swamps. Asian buttercup (Ranunculus asiaticus) is the most beautiful of all. There are flowers that look like roses, but are smaller in size.

The Latin genus name comes Pliny the Elder and in translation means "a small compartment, which coincided with his place of flourishing. Some call it "gold buttons" because of bright yellow venchelishcheta. In Bulgaria, he said Buttercup because pepper taste.