Thanks for the illustrations BelMarduk. Ay, she was always right on plant matters. Yes, buttercups are the shiny little ones that grow in meadows and marshlands .You could brighten your wildflower bouquet with them for a mom's gift.
If we would come home with daffodils she would ask where we had stolen them.(they grow unkept or in the wild in semi-woody spots but count as protected in our country). All parks and private gardens have them though. And no picking allowed there either.