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Ranunculaceae

Hairy buttercup

Ranunculus sardous Crantz

Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ranunculus

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Hairy buttercup (Ranunculus sardous)
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (22)
Arabic
حوذان سرديني
arz
حوذان سردينى
Belarusian
Казялец ілжэклубняносны
Bulgarian
Сардинско лютиче
Chinese
欧毛茛
Czech
Pryskyřník sardinský
Dutch
Behaarde boterbloem
English
Hairy buttercup
Finnish
Etelänleinikki
French
Renoncule sarde
German
Sardischer Hahnenfuß, Sardinischer Hahnenfuss
hsb
Blěda maslenka
Hungarian
Buborcsboglárka
Latvian
Sardīnijas gundega
li
Behaordje bótterbloom
Macedonian
Обично лутиче, Сардинско лутиче
Norwegian Bokmål
Ballastsoleie
Polish
Jaskier sardyński
Serbian
Сардинијски љутић
Slovenian
Srhkodlakava zlatica
Swedish
Sydsmörblomma
Welsh
Blodyn-menyn blewog

Synonyms

  • Batrachium intermedium (Poir.) Nyman
  • Notophilus vulgaris Fourr.
  • Ranunculus aggregatus Hort.Vind. ex Capelli
  • Ranunculus agrarius All.
  • Ranunculus apioides Lojac.
  • Ranunculus dulcis Bubani
  • Ranunculus hirsutus Curtis
  • Ranunculus palensis Bergeret
  • Ranunculus pallidior Chaix
  • Ranunculus pallidus Sol.
  • Ranunculus parvulus L.
  • Ranunculus pedunculatus Viv.
  • Ranunculus philonotis Ehrh.
  • Ranunculus pseudobulbosus Schur
  • Ranunculus pseudohirsutus Schur
  • Ranunculus pumilus Thuill.
  • Ranunculus sardous subsp. laevis N.Busch
  • Ranunculus sardous var. pseudobulbosus Grossh.
  • Ranunculus subtrifolius Schur
  • Ranunculus xatardi Lapeyr.

Flowers

In flower
March to June (from 522 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual, Biennial, Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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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.