Ranunculaceae

Cursed buttercup

Ranunculus sceleratus L.

Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Ranunculus

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Cursed buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus) — FlowerPhoto: boytouchgrass, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (41)

Arabic: حوذان شرير, زعلنتة, زغليل, عقيق
Armenian: Գորտնուկ թունավոր
arz: حوذان شرير
Basque: Irri-belar
Belarusian: Казялец ядавіты
Bulgarian: Отровно лютиче
Chinese: 石龍芮, 石龙芮, 石龙丙, 石龙芮子
csb: Jadowiti jastrownik
Czech: Pryskyřník lítý
Danish: Tigger-Ranunkel
Dutch: Blaartrekkende boterbloem
English: Cursed buttercup, Celery-leaved buttercup, Blister buttercup, Celery-leaf buttercup, Cursed crowfoot, Marsh crowfoot
Estonian: Mürktulikas
Finnish: Konnanleinikki
French: Renoncule scélérate, Renoncule scelerate
German: Gift-Hahnenfuss, Gift-Hahnenfuß, Gifthahnenfuss, Gifthahnenfuß
Hebrew: נורית ארסית
hsb: Jědojta maslenka
Irish: Toircheas fiáin
Italian: Ranuncolo di palude
Japanese: タガラシ
Kazakh: Улы сарғалдақ
Korean: 개구리자리
Latvian: Ļaunā gundega
li: Gifhanevoot
Lithuanian: Nuodingasis vėdrynas
Macedonian: Отровно лутиче
Norwegian Bokmål: Tiggersoleie
Norwegian Nynorsk: Tiggarsoleie
Persian: آلاله طاولدار
Polish: Jaskier jadowity
Romanian: Piciorul cocoșului otrăvitor
Russian: Лютик ядовитый
Slovak: Iskerník jedovatý
Slovenian: Opih
Spanish: Apio sardónico, Sadónica, Apio de risa, Apio sardonico, Hierba sardonia, Ranunculo de prados y terrenos aguanosos, Ranunculo malvado, Ranúnculo de prados y terrenos aguanosos
stq: Düüwelsbit
Swedish: Tiggarranunkel, Blåsranunkel, Vattensmörblomma
Turkish: Zehirli düğün çiçeği
Vietnamese: Mao lương
Welsh: Crafanc yr eryr

Synonyms

Adonis palustris (Lour.) Raeusch.
Batrachium sceleratum (L.) Th.Fr. ex A.Pihl
Hecatonia palustris Lour.
Hecatonia scelerata Fourr.
Ranunculus apiophyllus St.-Lag.
Ranunculus carnosus Wall.
Ranunculus eremogenes var. longissimus Lunell
Ranunculus holophyllus Hance
Ranunculus indicus Roxb.
Ranunculus oryzetorum Bunge
Ranunculus sceleratus f. sceleratus
Ranunculus sceleratus var. eremogenes Garrett
Ranunculus sceleratus var. longissimus (Lunell) L.D.Benson
Ranunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus
Ranunculus sceleratus var. sinensis H.Lév. & Vaniot
Ranunculus umbellatus Roxb. ex Willd.

Flowers

In flower: April to July (from 1,925 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual, Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: introduced, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: boytouchgrass, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Kian Hayles-Cotton, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Kathy Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Lisa Bennett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: pratvmvmbrosvm, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.