Index / Search / Ranunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus
§1 Plant
Ranunculus sceleratus L. var. sceleratus
vernacular cursed buttercup — variety · Ranunculaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ranunculaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Ranunculus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 416 counties across 31 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 416 counties across 31 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Adams 08001
- Archuleta 08007
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Custer 08027
- Denver 08031
- Douglas 08035
- El Paso 08041
- Gunnison 08051
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Montrose 08085
- Morgan 08087
- Park 08093
- Prowers 08099
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- Weld 08123
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Logan 17107
- Macoupin 17117
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Putnam 17155
- Richland 17159
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Boone 18011
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Fulton 18049
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- LaPorte 18091
- Miami 18103
- Newton 18111
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Pulaski 18131
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Warren 18171
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Concordia 22029
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Andrew 29003
- Bates 29013
- Boone 29019
- Carroll 29033
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Gentry 29075
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Jackson 29095
- Lafayette 29107
- Lewis 29111
- Marion 29127
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Ray 29177
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Vernon 29217
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Campbell 51031
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Frederick 51069
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Mathews 51115
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Orange 51137
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Surry 51181
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RASCS ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7096668 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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