Ranunculaceae
River water-crowfoot
Ranunculus fluitans
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- حوذان عائم
- arz
- حوذان عائم
- Czech
- Lakušník vzplývavý
- Dutch
- Vlottende waterranonkel
- English
- River water-crowfoot, River water crowfoot
- Finnish
- Jokisätkin
- French
- Renoncule des rivières, Renoncule des rivieres, Renoncule flottante
- German
- Flutender Wasserhahnenfuss, Flutender Wasserhahnenfuß, Flutender Hahnenfuß, Flutender Wasser-Hahnenfuß
- hsb
- Žołmjaca maslenka, Žołmjawka
- Hungarian
- Úszó víziboglárka, Uszó víziboglárka
- Irish
- Néal uisce abhann
- Italian
- Ranuncolo fluitante
- li
- Vlaot
- Lithuanian
- Plūdinis vėdrynas
- Polish
- Włosienicznik rzeczny
- Slovak
- Močiarka riečna
- Slovenian
- Plavajoča vodna zlatica
- Swedish
- Jättemöja
- Welsh
- Crafanc-y-frân yr afon
Synonyms
- Batrachium bachii Wirtg. ex F.W.Schultz
- Batrachium fluitans (Lam.) Wimm.
- Batrachium fluviatile (F.H.Wigg.) Gray
- Batrachium peucedanifolium (All.) Dumort.
- Batrachium pumilum Nym.
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. fluviatilis With.
- Ranunculus fluentorum Rouy
- Ranunculus fluviatilis Wigg.
- Ranunculus peucedanifolius All.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 25 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Maryna Burlaka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: gerardbertrand, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Markus Krieger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sigitas Juzėnas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Pongratz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Panek, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Martin Scheuch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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). About our plant data.