Ranunculus lapponicusL.

Lapland buttercup

WFO wfo-0000460858 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ranunculus lapponicus, photographed by Allan Harris
fig. a Allan Harris, CC0 1.0 / 2022-06-13 / obs. 205886337
Ranunculus lapponicus, photographed by nina_nesterova
fig. b nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 141614069
Ranunculus lapponicus, photographed by Norma Malinowski
fig. c Norma Malinowski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 130368491
Ranunculus lapponicus, photographed by Rob Foster
fig. d Rob Foster, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 85358662
Ranunculus lapponicus, photographed by Allan Harris
fig. e Allan Harris, CC0 1.0 / obs. 53526962
Ranunculus lapponicus, photographed by Allan Harris
fig. f Allan Harris, CC0 1.0 / obs. 24846828
Ranunculus lapponicus, photographed by nina_nesterova
fig. g nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160633514
Ranunculus lapponicus, photographed by Valerii Glazunov
fig. h Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 90070733

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Native range 35 botanical countries

Regions where Ranunculus lapponicus is native: Amur, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya, East European Russia, Finland, North European Russia, Norway, Svalbard, Sweden, Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Greenland, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, Wisconsin, Yukon AmurBuryatiyaChitaIrkutskKamchatkaKhabarovskKrasnoyarskMagadanTuvaWest SiberiaYakutiyaEast European RussiaFinlandNorth European RussiaNorwaySvalbardSwedenAlaskaAlbertaBritish ColumbiaGreenlandLabradorMaineManitobaMichiganMinnesotaNew BrunswickNewfoundlandNorthwest TerritoriesNunavutOntarioQuébecSaskatchewanWisconsinYukon
Native distribution of Ranunculus lapponicus, 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
British Columbia BRC
Greenland GNL
Labrador LAB
Maine MAI
Manitoba MAN
Michigan MIC
Minnesota MIN
New Brunswick NBR
Newfoundland NFL
Northwest Territories NWT
Nunavut NUN
Ontario ONT
Québec QUE
Saskatchewan SAS
Wisconsin WIS
Yukon YUK
Amur AMU ASIA-TEMPERATE
Buryatiya BRY
Chita CTA
Irkutsk IRK
Kamchatka KAM
Khabarovsk KHA
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Magadan MAG
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Yakutiya YAK
East European Russia RUE EUROPE
Finland FIN
North European Russia RUN
Norway NOR
Svalbard SVA
Sweden SWE

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 4 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.

  • Anemone nudicaulis A.Gray
  • Coptidium lapponicum Gand.
  • Coptidium lapponicum (L.) Gand. ex Rydb.
  • Ranunculus sulphureus var. altaica (Laxm.) Trautv.

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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