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Ranunculaceae[FNA3, HC, HC2](Buttercup Family)
Synonyms: (none)

Family information last updated 4/13/2009 by David Giblin.

Taxon (native taxa in boldface)
Common Names
# Synonyms
Aconitum columbianum Nutt.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Columbian monkshood
0 synonyms
ssp. columbianum[FNA3, HC2]
Columbian monkshood
6 synonyms
ssp. viviparum (Greene) Brink[FNA3, HC2]
 
1 synonym
Actaea elata (Nutt.) Prantl[HC2]
tall bugbane
1 synonym
var. elata[HC2]
tall bugbane
0 synonyms
Actaea laciniata (S. Watson) J. Compton[HC2, KZ99]
cut-leaved bugbane, Mt. Hood bugbane
1 synonym
Actaea rubra (Aiton) Willd.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
baneberry
8 synonyms
Adonis aestivalis L.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
summer pheasant's-eye
1 synonym
Anemone cylindrica A. Gray[FNA3, HC, HC2]
long-headed anemone, thimbleweed
0 synonyms
Anemone deltoidea Hook.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
threeleaf anemone, Columbian windflower
0 synonyms
Anemone drummondii S. Watson[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Drummond's anemone, Drummond's windflower
0 synonyms
var. drummondii[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Drummond's anemone, Drummond's windflower
3 synonyms
var. lithophila (Rydb.) C.L. Hitchc.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Drummond's anemone, Little Belt Mountain anemone
2 synonyms
Anemone lyallii Britton[FNA3, HC, HC2]
little mountain anemone, Lyall's anemone, Lyall's windflower
3 synonyms
Anemone multifida Poir.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
cliff anemone, Pacific anemone
0 synonyms
var. multifida[FNA3, HC, HC2]
cliff anemone, Pacific anemone, Pacific windflower
5 synonyms
var. saxicola B. Boivin[FNA3, HC2]
hirsute anemone, hirsute windflower
2 synonyms
var. tetonensis (Porter ex Britton) C.L. Hitchc.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
 
0 synonyms
Anemone narcissiflora L.[FNA3, HC2]
 
0 synonyms
var. monantha DC.[FNA3, HC2]
 
0 synonyms
Anemone occidentalis S. Watson[FNA3, HC, HC2]
mountain pasqueflower, western pasqueflower
2 synonyms
Anemone oregana A. Gray[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Oregon anemone, Oregon windflower
0 synonyms
var. felix (M. Peck) C.L. Hitchc.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Oregon anemone, western wood anemone
1 synonym
var. oregana[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Oregon anemone, western wood anemone
2 synonyms
Anemone parviflora Michx.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
northern anemone, small-flowered anemone, northern windflower
3 synonyms
Anemone patens L.[FNA3, HC2]
pasqueflower, prairie-crocus
0 synonyms
var. multifida Pritz.[FNA3, HC2]
cliff anemone
3 synonyms
Anemone piperi Britton ex Rydb.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Piper's anemone, Piper's windflower
0 synonyms
Anemone virginiana L.[FNA3, HC2]
tall anemone
0 synonyms
var. cylindroidea B. Boivin[FNA3, HC2]
 
0 synonyms
Aquilegia coerulea E. James[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Colorado Columbine
0 synonyms
var. coerulea[FNA3, HC, HC2]
 
0 synonyms
var. ochroleuca Hook.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
 
0 synonyms
Aquilegia flavescens S. Watson[FNA3, HC, HC2]
yellow columbine
2 synonyms
Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC.[FNA3, HC, HC2, KZ99]
red columbine, Sitka columbine
0 synonyms
var. formosa[FNA3, HC2]
red columbine, Sitka columbine, western columbine
5 synonyms
Aquilegia jonesii Parry[FNA3, HC, HC2]
limestone Columbine
0 synonyms
Aquilegia vulgaris L.[FNA3, HC2]
European Columbine
0 synonyms
Arcteranthis cooleyae (Vasey & Rose) Greene[HC2]
Cooley's buttercup
2 synonyms
Caltha biflora DC.[HC, HC2]
broad-leaved marsh-marigold, twin-flowered marsh-marigold
5 synonyms
Caltha chionophila Greene[HC2]
elkslip, elkslip marsh-marigold
4 synonyms
Caltha leptosepala DC.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
elkslip, white marsh-marigold
3 synonyms
Caltha palustris L.[FNA3, HC2]
yellow marsh-marigold
6 synonyms
Ceratocephala testiculata (Crantz) Besser[FNA3, HC2]
hornseed buttercup
2 synonyms
Clematis columbiana (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray[FNA3, HC, HC2]
 
0 synonyms
var. columbiana[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Columbia virgin's bower
1 synonym
var. tenuiloba (A. Gray) J.S. Pringle[FNA3, HC2]
matted purple virgins-bower
1 synonym
Clematis hirsutissima Pursh[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Douglas's clematis, leatherflower, sugarbowls, vaseflower
0 synonyms
var. hirsutissima[FNA3, HC2]
Douglas' clematis
6 synonyms
Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
western clematis
4 synonyms
Clematis occidentalis (Hornem.) DC.[FNA3, HC2]
Columbia clematis, rock clematis, Columbia virgin's bower
0 synonyms
var. dissecta (C.L. Hitchc.) J.S. Pringle[FNA3, HC2]
Columbia clematis
1 synonym
var. grosseserrata (Rydb.) J.S. Pringle[FNA3, HC2]
Columbia clematis
4 synonyms
Clematis orientalis L.[FNA3, HC2]
orange peel clematis, Oriental virgin's bower
0 synonyms
Clematis tangutica (Maxim.) Korshinsky[FNA3, HC2]
 
0 synonyms
Clematis vitalba L.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
evergreen clematis, old-man's beard, traveler's-joy
0 synonyms
Coptis aspleniifolia Salisb.[FNA3, HC2]
fern-leaf goldthread
1 synonym
Coptis laciniata A. Gray[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Oregon goldthread
0 synonyms
Coptis occidentalis (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Idaho goldthread, western goldthread
1 synonym
Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
threeleaf goldthread
1 synonym
Delphinium ajacis L.[HC2]
doubtful knight's-spur
3 synonyms
Delphinium andersonii A. Gray[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Anderson's larkspur, desert larkspur
0 synonyms
Delphinium basalticum M.J. Warnock[FNA3, HC2]
basaltic larkspur
0 synonyms
Delphinium bicolor Nutt.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
little larkspur, Montana larkspur
0 synonyms
ssp. bicolor[FNA3, HC2]
 
0 synonyms
ssp. calcicola M.J. Warnock & Vanderhorst[FNA3, HC2]
 
0 synonyms
Delphinium ×burkei Greene[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Burke's larkspur
0 synonyms
Delphinium depauperatum Nutt.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
slim larkspur
3 synonyms
Delphinium distichum Geyer ex A. Gray[FNA3, HC2]
two-spike larkspur
1 synonym
Delphinium ×diversicolor Rydb.[HC2]
 
0 synonyms
Delphinium elatum L.[FNA3, HC2]
 
0 synonyms
Delphinium glareosum Greene[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Olympic larkspur
1 synonym
Delphinium glaucescens Rydb.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
palish larkspur
0 synonyms
Delphinium glaucum S. Watson[FNA3, HC, HC2]
pale larkspur
2 synonyms
Delphinium leucophaeum Greene[HC, HC2]
pale larkspur
1 synonym
Delphinium lineapetalum Ewan[WTU]
line-petaled larkspur
1 synonym
Delphinium menziesii DC.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Menzies larkspur
4 synonyms
Delphinium multiplex (Ewan) C.L. Hitchc.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Kittitas larkspur
1 synonym
Delphinium nuttallianum Pritz.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
thin-petal larkspur, upland larkspur
9 synonyms
Delphinium nuttallii A. Gray[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Nuttall's larkspur
1 synonym
Delphinium occidentale (S. Watson) S. Watson[FNA3, HC, HC2]
western larkspur
0 synonyms
var. cucullatum (A. Nelson) R.J. Davis[HC2]
 
0 synonyms
var. occidentale[HC2]
western larkspur
0 synonyms
Delphinium ×pavonaceum Ewan[HC, HC2]
peacock larkspur
1 synonym
Delphinium stachydeum (A. Gray) Tidestr.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
hedge nettle larkspur, spiked larkspur
3 synonyms
Delphinium sutherlandii M.J. Warnock[FNA3, HC2]
Sutherland's larkspur
0 synonyms
Delphinium trolliifolium A. Gray[FNA3, HC, HC2]
cow-poison, poison larkspur
0 synonyms
Delphinium viridescens Leiberg[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Wenatchee larkspur
0 synonyms
Delphinium xantholeucum Piper[FNA3, HC, HC2]
yellow-white larkspur
0 synonyms
Enemion hallii (A. Gray) J.R. Drumm. & Hutch.[FNA3, HC2]
Willamette false rue-anemone
1 synonym
Enemion savilei (Calder & R.L. Taylor) Keener[FNA3, HC2]
Haida Gwai false rue-anemone
0 synonyms
Enemion stipitatum (A. Gray) J.R. Drumm. & Hutch.[FNA3, HC2]
dwarf false rue-anemone, western false rue-anemone
1 synonym
Ficaria verna Huds.[HC2, Stace 1997]
lesser celandine
4 synonyms
Halerpestes cymbalaria (Pursh) Greene[HC2]
alkali buttercup, seaside buttercup
3 synonyms
Helleborus foetidus L.[HC2]
stinking hellebore
0 synonyms
Myosurus ×alopecuroides Greene[HC2]
hybrid mouse-tail
1 synonym
Myosurus apetalus Gay[FNA3, HC2]
bristly mouse-tail, sedge mouse-tail
2 synonyms
var. borealis Whittem.[FNA3, HC2]
sedge mouse-tail
0 synonyms
var. montanus (G.R. Campb.) Whittem.[FNA3, HC2]
 
1 synonym
Myosurus minimus L.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
tiny mouse-tail
5 synonyms
Myosurus sessilis S. Watson[FNA3, HC, HC2]
shor-tstemmed mouse-tail, vernal pool mouse-tail
0 synonyms
Nigella damascena L.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
devil-in-the-bush, love-in-a-mist
0 synonyms
Ranunculus abortivus L.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
kidney-leaf buttercup
4 synonyms
Ranunculus acriformis A. Gray[FNA3, HC, HC2]
sharp buttercup
0 synonyms
var. montanensis (Rydb.) L.D. Benson[FNA3, HC, HC2]
 
0 synonyms
Ranunculus acris L.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
meadow buttercup
1 synonym
Ranunculus adoneus A. Gray[FNA3, HC2]
 
1 synonym
Ranunculus alismifolius Geyer ex Benth.[FNA3, HC2]
plantain-leaved buttercup
1 synonym
var. alismellus A. Gray[FNA3, HC2]
dwarf plantain-leaved buttercup
1 synonym
var. alismifolius[FNA3, HC2]
plantain-leaved buttercup
1 synonym
var. davisii L.D. Benson[FNA3, HC2]
water-plantain buttercup
1 synonym
var. hartwegii (Greene) Jeps.[FNA3, HC2]
Hartweg's buttercup
2 synonyms
var. montanus S. Watson[FNA3, HC2]
 
1 synonym
Ranunculus andersonii A. Gray[WTU]
Anderson's buttercup, pink buttercup
1 synonym
var. andersonii[WTU]
 
1 synonym
Ranunculus aquatilis L.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
white western buttercup, water crowfoot, white water crowfoot
0 synonyms
var. aquatilis[FNA3, HC2]
white water buttercup
2 synonyms
var. diffusus With.[FNA3, HC2]
water buttercup
5 synonyms
Ranunculus arvensis L.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
field buttercup, hungerweed
1 synonym
Ranunculus bulbosus L.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
St. Anthony's-turnip, bulbous buttercup
2 synonyms
Ranunculus californicus Benth.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
California buttercup
0 synonyms
var. californicus[FNA3, HC2]
California buttercup
3 synonyms
var. cuneatus Greene[FNA3, HC2]
 
0 synonyms
Ranunculus cardiophyllus Hook.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
heart-leaf buttercup
3 synonyms
Ranunculus eschscholtzii Schltdl.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
subalpine buttercup
0 synonyms
var. eschscholtzii[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Eschscholtz buttercup
2 synonyms
var. eximius (Greene) L.D. Benson[FNA3, HC2]
 
0 synonyms
var. suksdorfii (A. Gray) L.D. Benson[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Suksdorf's buttercup
1 synonym
var. trisectus (B.L. Rob.) L.D. Benson[FNA3, HC, HC2]
 
0 synonyms
Ranunculus flabellaris Raf.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
yellow water buttercup
1 synonym
Ranunculus flammula L.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
creeping buttercup, lesser spearwort
0 synonyms
var. flammula[FNA3, HC2]
creeping spearwort
1 synonym
var. ovalis (J.M. Bigelow) L.D. Benson[FNA3, HC2]
creeping spearwort
3 synonyms
var. reptans (L.) E. Mey.[FNA3, HC2]
creeping spearwort
2 synonyms
Ranunculus glaberrimus Hook.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
sagebrush buttercup
0 synonyms
var. ellipticus (Greene) Greene[FNA3, HC, HC2]
sagebrush buttercup
2 synonyms
var. glaberrimus[FNA3, HC, HC2]
sagebrush buttercup
1 synonym
Ranunculus gmelinii DC.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Gmelin's buttercup, small yellow water buttercup
2 synonyms
Ranunculus gormanii Greene[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Gorman's buttercup
0 synonyms
Ranunculus grayi Britton[HC2]
arctic buttercup
3 synonyms
Ranunculus hebecarpus Hook. & Arn.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
downy buttercup
0 synonyms
Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
arctic buttercup, far-northern buttercup, floating western-buttercup
1 synonym
Ranunculus inamoenus Greene[FNA3, HC, HC2]
graceful buttercup
0 synonyms
var. inamoenus[FNA3, HC2]
unlovely buttercup
2 synonyms
Ranunculus jovis A. Nelson[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Jove's buttercup
0 synonyms
Ranunculus lobbii (Hiern) A. Gray[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Lobb's western-buttercup
0 synonyms
Ranunculus macounii Britton[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Macoun's buttercup
2 synonyms
Ranunculus muricatus L.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
spiny-fruit buttercup
0 synonyms
Ranunculus occidentalis Nutt.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
western buttercup
0 synonyms
var. dissectus L.F. Hend.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
 
0 synonyms
var. occidentalis[FNA3, HC, HC2]
western buttercup
2 synonyms
Ranunculus oresterus L.D. Benson[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Blue Mountain buttercup
0 synonyms
Ranunculus orthorhynchus Hook.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
straight-beak buttercup
0 synonyms
var. orthorhynchus[FNA3, HC, HC2]
straight-beak buttercup
3 synonyms
var. platyphyllus A. Gray[FNA3, HC, HC2]
straight-beak buttercup
1 synonym
Ranunculus parviflorus L.[FNA3, HC2]
small-flower buttercup
0 synonyms
Ranunculus pedatifidus Sm.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
birdfoot buttercup, northern buttercup
0 synonyms
var. affinis (R. Br.) L.D. Benson[FNA3, HC2]
 
0 synonyms
Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Pennsylvania buttercup
0 synonyms
Ranunculus populago Greene[FNA3, HC, HC2]
mountain buttercup
0 synonyms
Ranunculus pygmaeus Wahlenb.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
dwarf buttercup
0 synonyms
Ranunculus repens L.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
creeping buttercup
3 synonyms
Ranunculus sardous Crantz[FNA3, HC, HC2]
hairy buttercup
1 synonym
Ranunculus sceleratus L.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
blister buttercup, celery-leaved buttercup, celery-leaved crowfoot
1 synonym
var. multifidus Nutt.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
celery-leaved buttercup
1 synonym
var. sceleratus[FNA3, HC, HC2]
celery-leaved buttercup
1 synonym
Ranunculus triternatus A. Gray[FNA3, HC2]
Dalles Mountain buttercup, obscure buttercup
2 synonyms
Ranunculus uncinatus D. Don[FNA3, HC, HC2]
little buttercup
4 synonyms
Thalictrum alpinum L.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
alpine meadowrue, dwarf meadowrue
1 synonym
Thalictrum dasycarpum Fisch. & Avé-Lall.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
purple meadow-rue
1 synonym
Thalictrum fendleri Engelm. ex A. Gray[FNA3, HC, HC2]
Fendler's meadowrue
0 synonyms
Thalictrum occidentale A. Gray[FNA3, HC, HC2]
western meadow-rue
3 synonyms
Thalictrum polycarpum (Torr.) S. Watson[FNA3, HC, HC2]
tall western meadowrue
0 synonyms
Thalictrum sparsiflorum Turcz. ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
fewflowered meadowrue
1 synonym
Thalictrum venulosum Trel.[FNA3, HC, HC2]
veiny-leaf meadow-rue
0 synonyms
Trautvetteria caroliniensis (Walter) Vail[FNA3, HC, HC2]
false bugbane, wild bugbane
1 synonym
Trollius albiflorus (A. Gray) Rydb.[FNA3, HC2]
western globeflower
2 synonyms
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