Ranunculaceae
Creeping spearwort
Ranunculus reptans
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (19)
- Belarusian
- Казялец распасцёрты
- Chinese
- 松叶毛茛, 松葉毛茛
- Danish
- Krybende ranunkel
- English
- Creeping spearwort
- Estonian
- Kaartulikas
- Finnish
- Rantaleinikki
- French
- Petite Douve rampante, Renoncule rampante
- German
- Ufer-Hahnenfuß
- hsb
- Ležaca maslenka
- Icelandic
- Flagasóley
- Japanese
- イトキンポウゲ, 糸金鳳花
- Lithuanian
- Rėpliojantysis vėdrynas
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Evjesoleie
- Polish
- Jaskier leżący
- Romanian
- Piciorul cocoșului târâitor, Piciorul cocoșului târâtor, Piciorul cocoșului tîrîitor, Piciorul cocoșului tîrîtor
- Russian
- Лютик стелющийся, Лютик простёртый, Лютик распростёртый
- Swedish
- Strandranunkel
- Ukrainian
- Жовтець сланкий
- Welsh
- Llafnlys ymlusgol
Synonyms
- Ranunculus filiformis Michx.
- Ranunculus flagellifolius Nakai
- Ranunculus flammula f. reptans (L.) Ostenf.
- Ranunculus flammula var. filiformis (Michx.) Hook.
- Ranunculus flammula var. reptans (L.) Schltdl. ex E.Mey.
- Ranunculus microlonchus Greene
- Ranunculus reptans f. reptans
- Ranunculus reptans var. reptans
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 190 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Rob Foster, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Reuven Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: avsdov, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sara L Giles, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Игорь Васильев, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Panek, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Henrique Pacheco, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sara Hollerich Giles, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nate Martineau, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nate Martineau, CC BY 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.