Ranunculaceae
Greater creeping spearwort
Ranunculus flammula
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (34)
- arz
- فلامولا الحوذان
- Belarusian
- Казялец пякучы
- Bulgarian
- Огненоцветно лютиче
- Catalan
- Petite Douve
- Croatian
- Vatreni žabnjak
- Czech
- Pryskyřník plamének
- Dutch
- Egelboterbloem
- English
- Greater creeping spearwort, Lesser spearwort
- Estonian
- Sootulikas
- Finnish
- Ojaleinikki
- French
- Renoncule flammette, Petite douve, Petite Flamme
- Galician
- Bugallón, Flámula
- German
- Brennender Hahnenfuss, Brennender Hahnenfuß, Kleiner Sumpfhahnenfuss, Brenn-Hahnenfuß, Petite Douve
- hsb
- Rěčna maslenka
- Hungarian
- Békaboglárka
- Irish
- Glasair léana bheag
- Italian
- Ranuncolo delle passere
- Japanese
- ラヌンクルス・フランムラ
- kw
- Flamm les
- Latvian
- Rāvas gundega
- li
- Eechelgraas
- Lithuanian
- Petite Douve
- Macedonian
- Пламеноцветно лутиче
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Grøftesoleie
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Grøftesoleie
- Polish
- Jaskier płomiennik
- Russian
- Лютик жгучий
- Slovak
- Iskerník plamenný
- Slovenian
- Žgoča zlatica
- Spanish
- Hierba de la flamula, Hierba de la flámula
- Swedish
- Ältranunkel, Petite Douve, Ältgräs
- Ukrainian
- Жовтець вогнистий
- Walloon
- Blawete, Flaminete
- Welsh
- Llafnlys bach, Poethfflam
Synonyms
- Flammula ranunculus Fourr.
- Ranunculus caespititius Dumort.
- Ranunculus flammula f. pilosa Gamisans
- Ranunculus flammula var. angustifolius Wallr.
- Ranunculus flammula var. flammula
- Ranunculus flammula var. samolifolius (Greene) L.D.Benson
- Ranunculus flammula var. strigulosus (Freyn) M.Peck
- Ranunculus flammula var. unalaschensis Ledeb.
- Ranunculus flammula var. varians Blank.
- Ranunculus idionanthus Gand.
- Ranunculus samolifolius Greene
- Ranunculus telonensis Robert ex Biria
Flowers
- In flower
- May to September (from 1,044 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: bernhard_hiller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Louis Imbeau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Stephen Thorpe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joe Potter Butler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: James K. Lindsey, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Filip Żuchowski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Karelj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: clarko13, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Timothy McNitt, 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.