Ranunculaceae
Bulbous buttercup
Ranunculus bulbosus
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (35)
- Arabic
- حوذان بصيلي
- arz
- حوذان بصيلى
- Asturian
- Papera
- Basque
- Urrebotoi
- Belarusian
- Казялец клубняносны
- Czech
- Pryskyřník hlíznatý
- Danish
- Knold-Ranunkel
- Dutch
- Knolboterbloem
- English
- Bulbous buttercup, St. Anthony's turnip
- Esperanto
- Bulba ranunkolo
- Estonian
- Mugultulikas
- Finnish
- Mäkileinikki
- French
- Renoncule bulbeuse
- German
- Knolliger Hahnenfuss, Knolliger Hahnenfuß
- hsb
- Dulkata maslenka
- Hungarian
- Hagymás boglárka, Gumós boglárka
- Indonesian
- Yolanda umbi
- Irish
- Tuile thalún
- Italian
- Ranuncolo bulboso
- Japanese
- タマキンポウゲ, セイヨウキンポウゲ
- kw
- Paw bran bollennus
- Latvian
- Sīpoliņu gundega
- li
- Knolbótterbloom
- Lithuanian
- Gumbuotasis vėdrynas
- Macedonian
- Луковичесто лутиче
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Knollsoleie
- Persian
- رنانکولوس بالبوسس
- Polish
- Jaskier bulwkowy
- Russian
- Лютик луковичный, Лютик клубненосный
- Slovak
- Iskerník hľuznatý
- Slovenian
- Gomoljasta zlatica
- Spanish
- Hierba velluda, Ranunculo bulboso, Ranúnculo bulboso
- Swedish
- Knölsmörblomma
- Turkish
- Düğmeli çinginotu
- Welsh
- Chwys Mair, Blodyn menyn bondew, Blodyn ymenyn bondew, Crafanc orweddol, Egyllt ymlusgol
Synonyms
- Ranunculastrum albonaevum (Jord.) Fourr.
- Ranunculastrum bulbiferum (Jord.) Fourr.
- Ranunculastrum bulbosum (L.) Fourr.
- Ranunculastrum sparsipilum (Jord.) Fourr.
- Ranunculastrum valdepubens (Jord.) Fourr.
- Ranunculus albonaevus Jord.
- Ranunculus anemonerhizos Coincy
- Ranunculus brachiatus Schleich.
- Ranunculus bulbifer Jord.
- Ranunculus bulbosus f. linearis F.Seym.
- Ranunculus bulbosus subsp. cacuminalis (G.López) Muñoz Garm.
- Ranunculus bulbosus var. bulbosus
- Ranunculus bulbosus var. dissectus Babey
- Ranunculus bulbosus var. osiae P.Monts. ex G.López
- Ranunculus bulbosus var. valdepubens Briq.
- Ranunculus cibiniensis Schur
- Ranunculus heucherifolius C.Presl
- Ranunculus hornemannii Schltdl.
- Ranunculus pseudoaleae Rouy
- Ranunculus rapaceus Bubani
- Ranunculus sennenii Pau
- Ranunculus sparsipilus Jord.
- Ranunculus valdepubens Jord.
- Ranunculus villiferus Jord.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 1,149 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Even Dankowicz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Joss Carr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andreas Eichler, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maeve Foley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Muki Haklay, 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.