Ranunculaceae
Western buttercup
Ranunculus occidentalis
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- حوذان غربي
- English
- Western buttercup
- Persian
- آلاله غربی
Synonyms
- Ranunculus alceus Greene
- Ranunculus arcuatus A.Heller
- Ranunculus douglasii Howell
- Ranunculus eisenii Kellogg
- Ranunculus howellii Greene
- Ranunculus occidentalis var. eisenii (Kellogg) A.Gray
- Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
- Ranunculus occidentalis var. rattanii A.Gray
- Ranunculus rattanii Howell
- Ranunculus tenuipes A.Heller
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
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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.