Northern Swamp Buttercup (Ranunculus caricetorum Greene)
Also known as swamp buttercup, marsh buttercup, swamp crowfoot; also classified as Ranunculus hispidus var. caricetorum (Greene) T.Duncan.
USDA PLANTS and BONAP both treat this taxon as a variety of bristly buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus), var. caricetorum. We separate it as its own species per the treatment of POWO and FSUS.
↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Native | |
| Native or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
This species is also native to eastern Canada; we have yet to build this portion of its map.
↑Links & External Resources
• Ranunculus caricetorum | Go Botany (About This Site)
• Swamp Buttercup | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)
• Ranunculus caricetorum Greene (Northern Swamp Buttercup, Marsh Buttercup) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)
• Ranunculus hispidus var. caricetorum | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Ranunculus caricetorum Greene | Plants of the World Online (POWO) (About This Site)
• Ranunculus hispidus Michx. var. caricetorum (bristly buttercup) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Ranunculus hispidus var. caricetorum | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Ranunculus hispidus var. caricetorum | Flora of North America (About This Site)
• Swamp Buttercup Ranunculus caricetorum | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)
• Ranunculus hispidus‡ | Missouri Plants (About This Site)
• Ranunculus hispidus (Hispid Buttercup)‡ | Minnesota Wildflowers (About This Site)
Different Taxonomic Treatments
‡ These links refer to a larger population than covered by this page.
