Ranunculaceae
Littleleaf buttercup
Ranunculus abortivus
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Littleleaf buttercup
- French
- Renoncule abortive
Synonyms
- Ranunculus abortivus f. abortivus
- Ranunculus abortivus f. coptidifolius Fernald
- Ranunculus abortivus f. pratensis G.Lawson
- Ranunculus abortivus f. sylvaticus G.Lawson
- Ranunculus abortivus subsp. acrolasius (Fernald) B.M.Kapoor & Á.Löve
- Ranunculus abortivus var. abortivus
- Ranunculus abortivus var. acrolasius Fernald
- Ranunculus abortivus var. eucyclus Fernald
- Ranunculus abortivus var. indivisus Fernald
- Ranunculus abortivus var. nitidus (Walter) DC.
- Ranunculus holmii Greene
- Ranunculus michiganensis Farw.
- Ranunculus nitidus Walter
- Ranunculus ruderalis Greene
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: izzy.herbalist, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Frank Mayfield, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mark Flakne, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Bruce Eash, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Stephanie Robinson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Betty Yan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.