Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus fallax
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (6)
- Czech
- Pryskyřník mnohotvárný
- Estonian
- Virvatulikas
- Finnish
- Kevätlehtoleinikki
- German
- Großfrüchtiger Gold-Hahnenfuß
- Russian
- Лютик обманчивый, Лютик крупноплодный
- Swedish
- Mellansmörblomma
Synonyms
- Ranunculus auricomus var. fallax Wimm. & Grab.
- Ranunculus hegetschweileri W.Koch
- Ranunculus megacarpus W.Koch
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos

FlowerPhoto: Maxim Shashkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Anneli Salo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Николай Соболев, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Anneli Salo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stanislav Murashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ailamnos, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Марина Давлетшина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Egor Filippov, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Екатерина Гущина, 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.