Ranunculaceae
Creeping buttercup
Ranunculus repens
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (54)
- Arabic
- حوذان معترش, رجل الغراب المداد
- arz
- حوذان معترش
- Asturian
- Cotel, Llantaina, Pata de lloba, Patagarres, Patalloba, Patallobu, Patallán, Yerba la grama
- Azerbaijani
- Sürünən qaymaqçiçəyi
- Belarusian
- Казялец паўзучы
- Bosnian
- Livadski ljutić
- Bulgarian
- Пълзящо лютиче
- Catalan
- Ranuncle arrossegat
- Chinese
- 匍枝毛茛, 匐枝毛茛, 毛茛
- Croatian
- Puzavi žabnjak
- csb
- Złocéńc
- Czech
- Pryskyřník plazivý
- Danish
- Lav Ranunkel
- Dutch
- Kruipende boterbloem, Kruipboterbloem
- English
- Creeping buttercup, Creeping crowfoot, Sitfast
- Esperanto
- Rampa ranunkolo
- Estonian
- Roomav tulikas
- Faroese
- Skriðsólja
- Finnish
- Rönsyleinikki
- French
- Renoncule rampante
- Galician
- Herba belida
- German
- Kriechender Hahnenfuss, Kriechender Hahnenfuß
- gv
- Buighag
- hsb
- Łažawa maslenka
- Hungarian
- Kúszó boglárka
- Icelandic
- Skriðsóley
- Indonesian
- Yolanda rambat
- Irish
- Fearbán reatha
- Italian
- Ranuncolo strisciante
- Japanese
- ハイキンポウゲ
- kw
- Paw bran kramya
- Latvian
- Ložņu gundega
- li
- Kraopoeat
- Lithuanian
- Šliaužiantysis vėdrynas
- Macedonian
- Ползесто лутиче
- nds
- Krupende botterbloeme
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Krypsoleie
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Krypsoleie
- os
- Хилаг бурдидинæг
- Persian
- رنانکولوس رپنز
- Polish
- Jaskier rozłogowy, Jaskier rozesłany
- Quechua
- Suchuq waranqaysu
- Romanian
- Piciorul cocoșului, Floare de leac, Piciorul cocoşului, Piciorul-cocoşului, Piciorul-cocoșului
- Russian
- Лютик ползучий
- Scottish Gaelic
- Buidheag
- Serbian
- Puzavi ljutić, Пузави љутић, Жабњак пузави, Пузави жабњак, Љутић пузави
- Slovak
- Iskerník plazivý
- Slovenian
- Plazeča zlatica
- Spanish
- Bugalla, Ranunculo arrastrado, Ranunculo de prado, Ranúnculo arrastrado, Ranúnculo de prado, Redellobas
- stq
- Buutergäärs
- Swedish
- Revsmörblomma, Prinsens knappar, Revranunkel
- Ukrainian
- Жовтець повзучий
- Welsh
- Blodyn-menyn ymlusgol
- Western Frisian
- Bûterblom
Synonyms
- Ranunculastrum repens Fourr.
- Ranunculastrum reptabundum Fourr.
- Ranunculus belvisii DC.
- Ranunculus caleyanus G.Don
- Ranunculus clintonii L.C.Beck
- Ranunculus intermedius Eaton
- Ranunculus lagascanus DC.
- Ranunculus lucidus Poir.
- Ranunculus oenanthefolius Ten. & Guss.
- Ranunculus prostratus Poir.
- Ranunculus pubescens Lag.
- Ranunculus repens f. polypetalus S.H.Li & Y.H.Huang
- Ranunculus repens f. schlechtendalii Kurtz
- Ranunculus repens var. brevistylus Maxim.
- Ranunculus repens var. erectus DC.
- Ranunculus repens var. glabratus DC.
- Ranunculus repens var. linearilobus DC.
- Ranunculus repens var. major Nakai
- Ranunculus repens var. pleniflorus Fernald
- Ranunculus repens var. repens
- Ranunculus repens var. villosus Lamotte
- Ranunculus schlechtendalii Hook.
- Ranunculus semidecurrens Opiz
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 5,175 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: CorentinD, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Blake Bringhurst, 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.