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Ranunculaceae

Hairy alpine buttercup

Ranunculus insignis Hook.f.

Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ranunculus

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Hairy alpine buttercup: Ranunculus insignis on Lewis Top near Lewis Pass, Canterbury
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
Hairy alpine buttercup, Mountain buttercup
Māori
Korikori

Synonyms

  • Ranunculus ruahinicus Colenso
  • Ranunculus rufus Colenso
  • Ranunculus sychnopetala Colenso

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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.