Ranunculaceae
Persian butter cup
Ranunculus asiaticus
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (24)
- Arabic
- حوذان آسيوي, حوذان زهارين, زغليل, شقائق النعمان, شقيق, كف الضبع, كَبِيكِج, كَف السبع
- arz
- حوذان آسيوى
- Azerbaijani
- Asiya qaymaqçiçəyi
- Bulgarian
- Азиатско лютиче
- Chinese
- 花毛茛, 陸蓮花
- Czech
- Pryskyřník asijský
- English
- Persian butter cup, Persian buttercup
- Estonian
- Aasia tulikas
- Finnish
- Jaloleinikki
- French
- Renoncule des fleuristes
- German
- Asiatischer Hahnenfuß, Floristen-Ranunkel
- grc
- Βατράχιον χρυσάνθεμον
- Hebrew
- נורית אסיה
- Indonesian
- Yolanda persia
- Japanese
- ハナキンポウゲ, ペルシャン・バターカップ, 花金鳳花
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Ranunkel
- Persian
- گل آلاله
- Polish
- Jaskier azjatycki
- Russian
- Лютик азиатский
- Slovak
- Iskerník ázijský
- Slovenian
- Azijska zlatica
- Spanish
- Francesilla, Marimona, Marimoña, R asiaticus, R. asiaticus
- Swedish
- Bukettranunkel, Trädgårdsranunkel
- Ukrainian
- Жовтець азійський
Synonyms
- Cyprianthe anemonoides Spach
- Cyprianthe asiatica (L.) Freyn
- Ranunculus asiaticus subsp. latilobus Vierh.
- Ranunculus asiaticus subsp. tenuilobus (Boiss.) Vierh.
- Ranunculus asiaticus var. tenuilobus Boiss.
- Ranunculus flammipetalus Gand.
- Ranunculus garianicus Borzì & Mattei
- Ranunculus sanguineus Mill.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 177 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow, red, orange, pink (Wikidata)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Marios Thoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Elias, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Emil Jantke, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SuperJew, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: cogdogblog, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Didier Descouens and Boris Presseq, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Felicia Seichter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cardoazul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Freddo213, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Felicia Seichter, 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). About our plant data.