Ranunculaceae
Common water-crowfoot
Ranunculus aquatilis
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- حوذان مائي, حامول الماء, شقيق مائي
- arz
- حوذان مائى
- Basque
- Uretako urrebotoi
- Belarusian
- Казялец вадзяны
- Bulgarian
- Водно лютиче
- Catalan
- Ranuncle aquàtic, Renoncule Aquatique
- Czech
- Lakušník vodní
- Dutch
- Fijne waterranonkel, Gewone waterranonkel, Haarbladwaterranonkel, Waterranonkel, Middelste waterranonkel
- English
- Common water-crowfoot, White water crowfoot
- Estonian
- Tume särjesilm
- Finnish
- Vesisätkin, Ojasätkin
- French
- Renoncule aquatique
- frr
- Weederruus
- German
- Gewöhnlicher Wasserhahnenfuss, Gewöhnlicher Wasserhahnenfuß, Gemeiner Wasserhahnenfuss, Gewöhnlicher Wasser-Hahnenfuß, Renoncule Aquatique, Wasser-Hahnenfuß, Wasserhahnenfuß
- hsb
- Wódna maslenka
- Hungarian
- Nagy víziboglárka
- Irish
- Néal uisce coiteann
- Italian
- Ranuncolo acquatico
- Latvian
- Parastā ūdensgundega
- li
- Paolingkroed
- Lithuanian
- Vandeninis vėdrynas, Renoncule Aquatique
- Macedonian
- Водно лутиче
- nds
- Waoterbotterbloeme
- Polish
- Włosienicznik wodny, Jaskier wodny
- Quechua
- Chanqu
- Slovenian
- Navadna vodna zlatica
- Spanish
- Ranunculo acuatico, Ranunculo acuático, Ranúnculo acuatico
- Swedish
- Vattenmöja, Grodmöja, Renoncule Aquatique
- Welsh
- Crafanc-y-frân y dŵr
Synonyms
- Batrachium aquatile (L.) Dumort.
- Batrachium aquatile Wimm.
- Batrachium aquatile subsp. radians (Reveliere) Soó
- Batrachium aquatile var. capillaceum (Thuill.) Garrett
- Batrachium aquatile var. heterophyllum (F.H.Wigg.) Spach
- Batrachium aquatile var. pantothrix (Brot.) Piper
- Batrachium aquatile var. radicans Spach
- Batrachium argutum Opiz
- Batrachium capillaceum (Thuill.) Gray
- Batrachium carinatum Schur
- Batrachium circinatoides Arv.-Touv.
- Batrachium diversifolium Nyman
- Batrachium diversifolium (Gilib.) Miniaev
- Batrachium friesii Nyman
- Batrachium gilibertii V.I.Krecz.
- Batrachium godronii (Gren.) Nyman
- Batrachium heterophyllum (Weber) Gray
- Batrachium luteolum Revel.
- Batrachium pantothrix A.Heller
- Batrachium peltatum Bercht. & J.Presl
- Batrachium peltatum C.Presl
- Batrachium radians Revel
- Batrachium sajanense (Regel & Radde) V.I.Krecz.
- Batrachium triphyllos Dumort.
- Ranunculus aquaticus Neck.
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. aquatilis
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. circinnatus With.
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. heterophyllus (Wiggers) DC.
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. peltatus (Moench) DC.
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. trichophyllus A.Gray
- Ranunculus bauhini Tausch
- Ranunculus beckii G.Don
- Ranunculus capillaceus Thuill.
- Ranunculus capillaris Gaterau
- Ranunculus carinatus Freyn
- Ranunculus commutatus Badarò
- Ranunculus diversifolius Gilib.
- Ranunculus elongatus F.W.Schultz
- Ranunculus grayanus Freyn
- Ranunculus heterophyllus [Weber,]
and 10 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to August (from 419 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Scott Loarie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sean Haight, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Zoltán Stekkelpak, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Елена Смирнова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: psweet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.