Ranunculaceae
Chalk stream water-crowfoot
Ranunculus penicillatus
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (10)
- arz
- حوذان البنسيلات
- Bulgarian
- Лъжеплаващо лютиче
- Czech
- Lakušník štětičkový, Lakušník štětičkatý
- English
- Chalk stream water-crowfoot, Stream water-crowfoot
- French
- Renoncule en Pinceau
- German
- Pinselblättriger Wasserhahnenfuss, Pinselblättriger Wasserhahnenfuß, Pinselblättriger Wasser-Hahnenfuß
- hsb
- Seršćowcowa maslenka
- Polish
- Włosienicznik pędzelkowaty, Jaskier pędzelkowaty
- Swedish
- Penselmöja
- Welsh
- Crafanc-y-frân y nant
Synonyms
- Batrachium penicillatum Dumort.
- Ranunculus cambricus A.Benn. ex Druce
Flowers
- In flower
- May, July (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos

LeavesPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Izabella Zamojska, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H.-U. Küenle, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dominique Remaud, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dominique Remaud, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Julia Kruse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Julia Kruse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Julia Kruse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Julia Kruse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Julia Kruse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: López Javier, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: López Javier, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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). About our plant data.