Ranunculus hyperboreusRottb.

high northern buttercup

WFO wfo-0000461067 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ranunculus hyperboreus, photographed by Piotr Lukasik
fig. a Piotr Lukasik, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-07-08 / obs. 146049507
Ranunculus hyperboreus, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. b Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136677957
Ranunculus hyperboreus, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. c Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 80501157
Ranunculus hyperboreus, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. d Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75744023
Ranunculus hyperboreus, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. e Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 44158293
Ranunculus hyperboreus, photographed by Matt Lavin
fig. f Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190900218
Ranunculus hyperboreus, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. g Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 81718927
Ranunculus hyperboreus, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. h Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144916881

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Native range 40 botanical countries

Regions where Ranunculus hyperboreus is native: Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Sakhalin, West Siberia, Yakutiya, Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Finland, Iceland, North European Russia, Norway, Svalbard, Sweden, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, Colorado, Greenland, Idaho, Labrador, Manitoba, Montana, Nevada, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, Utah, Wyoming, Yukon AmurKamchatkaKhabarovskKrasnoyarskMagadanSakhalinWest SiberiaYakutiyaAssamEast HimalayaNepalPakistanWest HimalayaFinlandIcelandNorth European RussiaNorwaySvalbardSwedenAlaskaAlbertaBritish ColumbiaColoradoGreenlandIdahoLabradorManitobaMontanaNevadaNewfoundlandNorthwest TerritoriesNunavutOntarioQuébecSaskatchewanUtahWyomingYukon
Native distribution of Ranunculus hyperboreus, 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
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
Aleutian Is. ALU
British Columbia BRC
Colorado COL
Greenland GNL
Idaho IDA
Labrador LAB
Manitoba MAN
Montana MNT
Nevada NEV
Newfoundland NFL
Northwest Territories NWT
Nunavut NUN
Ontario ONT
Québec QUE
Saskatchewan SAS
Utah UTA
Wyoming WYO
Yukon YUK
Amur AMU ASIA-TEMPERATE
Kamchatka KAM
Khabarovsk KHA
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Kuril Is. KUR
Magadan MAG
Sakhalin SAK
West Siberia WSB
Yakutiya YAK
Finland FIN EUROPE
Iceland ICE
North European Russia RUN
Norway NOR
Svalbard SVA
Sweden SWE
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
East Himalaya EHM
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM

Not drawn on the map: Kuril Is., Aleutian Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for these regions, so they are 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 15 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 forskoehlii DC.
  • Ranunculus hyperboreus subsp. hyperboreus
  • Ranunculus hyperboreus subsp. intertextus (Greene) B.M.Kapoor & Á.Löve
  • Ranunculus hyperboreus subsp. samojedorum (Rupr.) Hultén
  • Ranunculus hyperboreus var. hyperboreus
  • Ranunculus hyperboreus var. intertextus (Greene) B.Boivin
  • Ranunculus hyperboreus var. multifidus (G.Don) Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Ranunculus hyperboreus var. samojedorum Perf.
  • Ranunculus hyperboreus var. tricrenatus Rupr.
  • Ranunculus hyperboreus var. turquetilianus Polunin
  • Ranunculus intertextus Greene
  • Ranunculus multifidus Pursh
  • Ranunculus natans var. intertextus (Greene) L.D.Benson
  • Ranunculus purshii var. multifidus G.Don
  • Ranunculus radicans var. multifidus (G.Don) Regel

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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