Ranunculaceae
Woodland buttercup
Ranunculus uncinatus
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Woodland buttercup
Synonyms
- Ranunculus bongardii Greene
- Ranunculus bongardii var. earlei (Greene) L.D.Benson
- Ranunculus earlei Greene
- Ranunculus greenei Howell
- Ranunculus occidentalis var. parviflorus Torr.
- Ranunculus uncinatus var. earlei (Greene) L.D.Benson
- Ranunculus uncinatus var. parviflorus (Torr.) L.D.Benson
- Ranunculus uncinatus var. uncinatus
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, 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.