Ranunculaceae
Pygmy buttercup
Ranunculus pygmaeus
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- حوذان قزم
- arz
- حوذان قزم
- Czech
- Pryskyřník trpasličí
- Dutch
- Dwergboterbloem
- English
- Pygmy buttercup, Dwarf buttercup
- Finnish
- Pikkuleinikki
- German
- Zwerg-Hahnenfuß
- Icelandic
- Dvergsóley
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Dvergsoleie
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Dvergsoleie
- Polish
- Jaskier karłowaty
- Swedish
- Dvärgranunkel
Synonyms
- Ranunculus areolatus Petrie
- Ranunculus baerianus Boguslaw
- Ranunculus pygmaeus subsp. pygmaeus
- Ranunculus pygmaeus var. langeanus Nath.
- Ranunculus pygmaeus var. petiolulatus Fernald
- Ranunculus pygmaeus var. pygmaeus
- Ranunculus tappeineri Bamberg.
Flowers
- In flower
- July (from 48 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karsten Rohweder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Callum McKenzie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Piotr Lukasik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Игорь Загребин, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Olav Skarpaas, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Karsten Rohweder, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shane Johnson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ida B D Jacobsen, 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.