Ranunculaceae
Goldilocks buttercup
Ranunculus auricomus
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (28)
- arz
- حوذان اوريكوموس
- Belarusian
- Казялец залацісты
- Bulgarian
- Златисто лютиче
- csb
- Rozmajitolëstny jastrownik
- Czech
- Pryskyřník zlatožlutý
- Dutch
- Gulden boterbloem
- English
- Goldilocks buttercup, Greenland buttercup
- Esperanto
- Orkapa ranunkolo
- Estonian
- Kuldtulikas
- Finnish
- Kevätleinikki
- French
- Renoncule tête d'or, Renoncule tete d'or, Renoncule tête dor
- German
- Gold-Hahnenfuss, Gold-Hahnenfuß, Goldgelber Hahnenfuß, Goldhaar-Hahnenfuß, Goldhahnenfuss, Goldschopf-Hahnenfuß
- hsb
- Złota maslenka
- Hungarian
- Változó boglárka
- Icelandic
- Sifjarsóley
- Italian
- Ranuncolo botton d'oro
- Latvian
- Zeltainā gundega
- li
- Góldhanevoot
- Lithuanian
- Auksakuodis vėdrynas
- Macedonian
- Златесто лутиче
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Nyresoleie
- Polish
- Jaskier różnolistny
- Russian
- Лютик золотистый
- se
- Giđđanuorsá
- Slovak
- Iskerník zlatožltý
- Slovenian
- Zlatorumena zlatica
- Swedish
- Majsmörblomma
- Welsh
- Blodyn-ymenyn peneuraid
Synonyms
- Ranunculastrum auricomum Fourr.
- Ranunculus auricomus subsp. boecheri Fagerstr. & G.Kvist
- Ranunculus auricomus subsp. glabratus (Lynge) Fagerstr. & G.Kvist
- Ranunculus glabratus (Lynge) Ericsson
- Ranunculus obtusulus Markl.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 417 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Greenland: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: bernhard_hiller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Holly Hodges, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gabriel Mayrhofer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Екатерина Гущина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Giselle Sterry, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: kitkat22, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MartinHorák, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.