Ranunculus fallax(Wimm. & Grab.) Sloboda

WFO wfo-0000460406 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ranunculus fallax, photographed by Maxim Shashkov
fig. a Maxim Shashkov, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-05-13 / obs. 72942244
Ranunculus fallax, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. b Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 43842534
Ranunculus fallax, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. c Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 37928578
Ranunculus fallax, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. d Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 37667319
Ranunculus fallax, photographed by Natalya Ivanova
fig. e Natalya Ivanova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199354108
Ranunculus fallax, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. f Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198311559
Ranunculus fallax, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. g Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196945781
Ranunculus fallax, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. h Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196943460

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Ranunculus fallax is native: Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Ukraine AustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaGermanyHungaryItalyNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Ranunculus fallax, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Austria AUT EUROPE
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
Germany GER
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 3 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Ranunculus auricomus var. fallax Wimm. & Grab.
  • Ranunculus hegetschweileri W.Koch
  • Ranunculus megacarpus W.Koch

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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