Ranunculaceae
Glacier buttercup
Ranunculus glacialis
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- حوذان جليدي
- Catalan
- Ranuncle glacial
- Chinese
- 宿萼毛茛
- Czech
- Pryskyřník ledovcový
- Dutch
- Gletsjerboterbloem, Gletsjerranonkel
- English
- Glacier buttercup
- Finnish
- Jääleinikki
- French
- Ranuncule des glaciers, Caraline, Renoncule des glaciers
- German
- Gletscher-Hahnenfuß, Gletscher-Hahnenfuss, Gletscherhahnenfuß
- gsw
- Gletscher-Hahnenfuss
- hsb
- Lodowcowa maslenka
- Hungarian
- Gleccserboglárka
- Icelandic
- Jöklasóley
- Italian
- Ranuncolo glaciale, Erba camozzera, Ranuncolo dei ghiacciai
- Norwegian
- Issoleie
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Issoleie
- Persian
- رنانکولوس گلاسیالیس
- Polish
- Jaskier lodnikowy, Jaskier lodownikowy
- Russian
- Беквичия ледниковая
- Spanish
- Ranúnculo glacial
- Swedish
- Isranunkel, Renblomma
Synonyms
- Beckwithia glacialis (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Hecatonia glacialis (L.) Schur
- Oxygraphis gelida O.Schwarz
- Oxygraphis glacialis (L.) Dalla Torre
- Oxygraphis vulgaris Freyn
- Ranunculus eriocalyx Scheele
- Ranunculus glacialis var. crithmifolius Rchb.
- Ranunculus roseus Hegetschw.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 358 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Greenland: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karsten Rohweder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karsten Rohweder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Felix Seebauer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thierry Arbault, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Riccardo Riva, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tero Laakso, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fabien Anthelme, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andreas Manz, CC0, 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.