Ranunculaceae
Sulphur buttercup
Ranunculus sulphureus
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (6)
- Danish
- Polar-Ranunkel
- English
- Sulphur buttercup
- Finnish
- Rikkileinikki
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Polarsoleie
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Polarsoleie
- Swedish
- Polarsmörblomma
Synonyms
- Ranunculus altaicus subsp. sulphureus (Sol.) Kadota
- Ranunculus nivalis subsp. intercedens (Hultén) Vorosch.
- Ranunculus nivalis subsp. sulphureus (J.B.Phipps) Vorosch.
- Ranunculus nivalis var. intercedens (Hultén) B.Boivin
- Ranunculus sulphureus var. intercedens Hultén
- Ranunculus sulphureus var. sulphureus
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jerzy Strzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jerzy Strzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.