Ranunculus hederaceusL.

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WFO wfo-0000461100 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ranunculus hederaceus, photographed by Mark Pritchard
fig. a Mark Pritchard, CC0 1.0 / 2021-03-29 / obs. 118026932
Ranunculus hederaceus, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. b Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 18057240
Ranunculus hederaceus, photographed by Jake Dalzell
fig. c Jake Dalzell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68904629
Ranunculus hederaceus, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. d Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 23340490
Ranunculus hederaceus, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. e Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 23296692
Ranunculus hederaceus, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. f Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 23277674
Ranunculus hederaceus, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. g Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 23277671
Ranunculus hederaceus, photographed by Neil Alderson
fig. h Neil Alderson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 72124310

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Ranunculus hederaceus is native: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Maryland, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia AlgeriaMoroccoTunisiaBelgiumDenmarkFranceGermanyIrelandNetherlandsPortugalSpainSwedenMarylandNewfoundlandNorth CarolinaPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaVirginia
Native distribution of Ranunculus hederaceus, 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
Belgium BGM EUROPE
Denmark DEN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Ireland IRE
Netherlands NET
Portugal POR
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Maryland MRY NORTHERN AMERICA
Newfoundland NFL
North Carolina NCA
Pennsylvania PEN
South Carolina SCA
Virginia VRG
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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 7 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.

  • Batrachium coenosum Nym.
  • Batrachium hederaceum (L.) Gray
  • Batrachium leiospermum Hartm.f.
  • Batrachium omoiophyllum Nyman
  • Ranunculus asarifolius Diard. ex Rouy & Foucaud
  • Ranunculus mauritanicus Pomel
  • Ranunculus papillatus Dulac

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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