Trollius ranunculinus(Sm.) Stearn

WFO wfo-0001130043 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Trollius ranunculinus, photographed by Todd Boland
fig. a Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-05-19 / obs. 108516543
Trollius ranunculinus, photographed by Todd Boland
fig. b Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 39376206
Trollius ranunculinus, photographed by Екатерина Кропочева
fig. c Екатерина Кропочева, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 39730823
Trollius ranunculinus, photographed by Марина
fig. d Марина, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135235922
Trollius ranunculinus, photographed by Михаил Орлов
fig. e Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 51260859
Trollius ranunculinus, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. f Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203997898
Trollius ranunculinus, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. g Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204276406
Trollius ranunculinus, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. h Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203538009

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Trollius ranunculinus is native: Iran, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye IranNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiye
Native distribution of Trollius ranunculinus, 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
Iran IRN ASIA-TEMPERATE
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR

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 8 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.

  • Helleborus ranunculinus Sm.
  • Trollius aureus Tausch
  • Trollius aureus Bailly
  • Trollius caucasicus Steven
  • Trollius ochotensis Tiling
  • Trollius parviflorus Ledeb. ex Rchb.
  • Trollius patulus Salisb.
  • Trollius somcheticus K.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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