Ranunculaceae
Corn buttercup
Ranunculus arvensis
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- حوذان حقلي, زغلتنه, كف الهر
- Armenian
- Գորտնուկ դաշտային
- arz
- حوذان حقلى
- Catalan
- Ranuncle arvense, Botó d'or arvense
- Chinese
- 田野毛茛, 披针叶毛茛
- Czech
- Pryskyřník rolní
- Dutch
- Akkerboterbloem
- English
- Corn buttercup, Devil-on-all-sides, Scratch bur
- Esperanto
- Kampa ranunkolo
- Estonian
- Põldtulikas
- Finnish
- Peltoleinikki
- French
- Renoncule des champs
- German
- Acker-Hahnenfuß, Ackerhahnenfuss, Ackerhahnenfuß
- hsb
- Rólna maslenka
- Hungarian
- Vetési boglárka
- Italian
- Ranuncolo dei campi
- Latvian
- Tīruma gundega
- li
- Akkerbótterbloom
- Lithuanian
- Dirvinis vėdrynas
- Macedonian
- Полско лутиче
- Persian
- آلاله صحرایی
- Polish
- Jaskier polny
- Slovak
- Iskerník roľný
- Slovenian
- Njivska zlatica
- Spanish
- Coronilla de la Virgen
- Swedish
- Åkerranunkel
- Turkish
- Mustafaçiçeği
- Walloon
- Boton d' ôr
- Welsh
- Blodyn-ymenyn yr ŷd
Synonyms
- Cynomorbium heterophyllum Opiz
- Hericinia arvensis (L.) Fourr.
- Pachyloma arvense (L.) Spach
- Pfundia arvensis (L.) Opiz
- Ranunculus arvensis var. arvensis
- Ranunculus arvensis var. tuberculatus DC.
- Ranunculus curvirostratus Bertol.
- Ranunculus echinatus Crantz
- Ranunculus fernandezii Blatt.
- Ranunculus reticulatus Regel & Schmitz ex Seub.
- Ranunculus segetalis Kit. ex Uechtr.
- Ranunculus tuberculatus Kit. ex Hornem.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 173 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Björn Sothmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: M. B., CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Bastien Alegot, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Abrahami, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thierry Arbault, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.