Index / Search / Ranunculus flabellaris
§1 Plant
Ranunculus flabellaris Raf.
vernacular yellow water buttercup — species · Ranunculaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ranunculaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Ranunculus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 436 counties across 34 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 436 counties across 34 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Fayette 17051
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Bartholomew 18005
- Blackford 18009
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Daviess 18027
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Henry 18065
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Randolph 18135
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Wells 18179
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Charlevoix 26029
- Chippewa 26033
- Eaton 26045
- Gratiot 26057
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Oakland 26125
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Douglas 27041
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake 27075
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Morrison 27097
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Norman 27107
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Stevens 27149
- Swift 27151
- Todd 27153
- Wadena 27159
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Wright 27171
Missouri view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Bollinger 29017
- Buchanan 29021
- Butler 29023
- Carter 29035
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Dallas 29059
- Dunklin 29069
- Jackson 29095
- Jefferson 29099
- Lewis 29111
- Livingston 29117
- Madison 29123
- Mercer 29129
- Monroe 29137
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Wayne 29223
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Broome 36007
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Ashtabula 39007
- Auglaize 39011
- Champaign 39021
- Crawford 39033
- Darke 39037
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Hardin 39065
- Henry 39069
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Knox 39083
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Perry 39127
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Seneca 39147
- Trumbull 39155
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 5 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RAFL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8118382 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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