Ranunculaceae
Gmelin's buttercup
Ranunculus gmelinii
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 小掌叶毛茛
- English
- Gmelin's buttercup
- French
- Renoncule de Gmelin
- Russian
- Лютик Гмелина
Synonyms
- Ranunculus fauriei H.Lév.
- Ranunculus gmelinii subsp. gmelinii
- Ranunculus gmelinii subsp. purshii (Richardson) Hultén
- Ranunculus gmelinii var. gmelinii
- Ranunculus gmelinii var. hookeri (G.Don) L.D.Benson
- Ranunculus gmelinii var. limosus (Nutt.) H.Hara
- Ranunculus gmelinii var. prolificus (Fernald) H.Hara
- Ranunculus gmelinii var. purshii (Richardson) H.Hara
- Ranunculus gmelinii var. terrestris (Ledeb.) L.D.Benson
- Ranunculus langsdorffii DC.
- Ranunculus limosus Nutt.
- Ranunculus multifidus var. limosus (Nutt.) G.Lawson
- Ranunculus purshii Richardson
- Ranunculus purshii var. dissectus Lunell
- Ranunculus purshii var. hookeri G.Don
- Ranunculus purshii var. prolificus Fernald
- Ranunculus purshii var. schizanthus Lunell
- Ranunculus purshii var. terrestris Ledeb.
- Ranunculus terrestris F.L.Wynd
- Ranunculus yukonensis Britton
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Mary Winter, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.