Ranunculus sphaerospermusBoiss. & C.I.Blanche

WFO wfo-0000462155 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Ranunculus sphaerospermus, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. a Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2013-11-17 / obs. 15502116
Ranunculus sphaerospermus, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15421845
Ranunculus sphaerospermus, photographed by Nicola van Berkel
fig. c Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15154914
Ranunculus sphaerospermus, photographed by Nicola van Berkel
fig. d Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15154918
Ranunculus sphaerospermus, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15502117
Ranunculus sphaerospermus, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15421848
Ranunculus sphaerospermus, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15502118
Ranunculus sphaerospermus, photographed by Nicola van Berkel
fig. h Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15154919

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Native range 28 botanical countries

Regions where Ranunculus sphaerospermus is native: Botswana, Cape Provinces, Egypt, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Morocco, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Tibet, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Bulgaria, Greece, NW. Balkan Pen., Türkiye-in-Europe BotswanaCape ProvincesEgyptFree StateKwaZulu-NatalLesothoMoroccoNamibiaNorthern ProvincesAfghanistanCyprusIranIraqKazakhstanLebanon-SyriaPalestineSaudi ArabiaTibetTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanNepalPakistanWest HimalayaBulgariaGreeceNW. Balkan Pen.Türkiye-in-Europe
Native distribution of Ranunculus sphaerospermus, 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
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Cyprus CYP
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Tibet CHT
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Botswana BOT AFRICA
Cape Provinces CPP
Egypt EGY
Free State OFS
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Morocco MOR
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Bulgaria BUL EUROPE
Greece GRC
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Nepal NEP ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM

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 2 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 sphaerospermum (Boiss. & C.I.Blanche) Iranshahr
  • Ranunculus peltatus subsp. sphaerospermus (Boiss. & Blanche) Meikle

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.