Ranunculaceae
Snow buttercup
Ranunculus nivalis
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (10)
- arz
- حوذان نيفاليس
- Bulgarian
- Снежно лютиче
- Danish
- Sne-Ranunkel
- English
- Snow buttercup
- Finnish
- Lumileinikki
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Snøsoleie
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Snøsoleie
- Persian
- آلاله برفی
- Russian
- Лютик снежный
- Swedish
- Fjällsmörblomma
Synonyms
- Ranunculus cuneatus Sommerf.
- Ranunculus frigidus Willd.
- Ranunculus jacquinii K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.
- Ranunculus nivalis f. nivalis
- Ranunculus nivalis var. gracilis Kuvaev
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 174 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Andreas Taeger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandra Keller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alinja, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Алексей Логинов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Piotr Lukasik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SiberianJay, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Edoardo Nardelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pål A. Olsvik, 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.