Ranunculaceae
Thread-leaved water-crowfoot
Ranunculus trichophyllus
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (24)
- arz
- حوذان المشعرات
- Belarusian
- Казялец валасалісты, Казялец разыходны
- Bulgarian
- Нишколистно лютиче
- Chinese
- 梅花藻, 多毛水毛茛, 歧裂水毛茛, 镜泊水毛茛
- Czech
- Lakušník niťolistý, Lakušník vláskovitý
- Dutch
- Kleine waterranonkel
- English
- Thread-leaved water-crowfoot, Threadleaf crowfoot, Water buttercup
- Estonian
- Jõgi-särjesilm
- French
- Renoncule à feuilles capillaires
- Georgian
- Წყლის ბაია
- German
- Haarblättriger Wasserhahnenfuss, Haarblättriger Wasserhahnenfuß, Haarblättriger Hahnenfuß, Haarblättriger Wasser-Hahnenfuß
- hsb
- Ćeńka maslenka
- Hungarian
- Hínáros víziboglárka
- Icelandic
- Lónasóley
- Korean
- 매화마름
- Macedonian
- Ресичестолисно лутиче
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Småvassoleie
- Persian
- آلاله آبی موئین
- Polish
- Włosienicznik skąpopręcikowy
- Russian
- Шелковник волосолистный
- Slovak
- Močiarka niťovolistá
- Slovenian
- Lasastolistna vodna zlatica
- Spanish
- Cancel de las ninfas, Hierba lagunera, Milenrama acuática, Yerba lagunera
- Welsh
- Crafanc-y-frân feinddail
Synonyms
- Batrachium aquatile subsp. caespitosum Piper
- Batrachium aquatile subsp. pantothrix (Brot.) Piper
- Batrachium aquatile var. flaccidum Cockerell
- Batrachium aspergillifolium Dumort.
- Batrachium bipontinum F.Schultz ex Gren. & Godr.
- Batrachium caespitosum F.W.Schultz
- Batrachium divaricatum Wimm.
- Batrachium divaricatum (Schrank) Wimm.
- Batrachium drouetii Nym.
- Batrachium flaccidum (Pers.) Rupr.
- Batrachium jingponse G.Y.Zhang, Chen Wang & X.Jun Liu
- Batrachium kabulense Tamura
- Batrachium lutulentum Nyman
- Batrachium minimum Schur
- Batrachium pantothrix (Brot.) Gray
- Batrachium paucistamineum F.W.Schultz
- Batrachium paucistamineum var. drouetii (F.W.Schultz ex Godr.) Gelert
- Batrachium pectinatum Nyman
- Batrachium pedunculare Greene
- Batrachium radians Dumort.
- Batrachium rigidum Dumort.
- Batrachium saichinense Klinkova
- Batrachium trichophyllum var. caespitosus Britton & A.Br.
- Batrachium trichophyllum var. hirtellum L.Liu
- Batrachium trichophyllum var. jingpoense (G.Y.Chang et al.) W.T.Wang
- Batrachium villosum F.Schultz ex Gren. & Godr.
- Ranunculus aquatilis subsp. trichophyllus (Chaix ex Vill.) Moore & Moore
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. brachypus Hook. & Arn.
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. capillaceus (Thuill.) DC.
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. cespitosus (Thuill.) DC.
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. divaricatus (Schrank) A.Gray
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. lalondei L.D.Benson
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. trichophyllus (Chaix) A.Gray
- Ranunculus aschersonii Freyn
- Ranunculus brattius Beck
- Ranunculus britannicus Rouy & Foucaud
- Ranunculus capillus-naidis Arv.-Touv.
- Ranunculus cesatianus Caldes.
- Ranunculus curvirostris Freyn
- Ranunculus divaricatus Schrank
and 17 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
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.