Index / Search / Ranunculus acris
§1 Plant
Ranunculus acris L.
vernacular tall 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
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 558 counties across 39 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 558 counties across 39 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 5 I ▾
California view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 B ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 B ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 10 B ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 18 B ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 18 B ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 3 B ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 4 B ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 9 B ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 B ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 B ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 58 B ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ontonagon 26131
- Osceola 26133
- Oscoda 26135
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 27 B ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Houston 27055
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Morrison 27097
- Nicollet 27103
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Scott 27139
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Wright 27171
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 3 B ▾
Montana view state ↗ 26 B ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Carbon 30009
- Deer Lodge 30023
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- Meagher 30059
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Powell 30077
- Ravalli 30081
- Sanders 30089
- Silver Bow 30093
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Wheatland 30107
Nevada view state ↗ 3 B ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 B ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 B ▾
New York view state ↗ 53 B ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Genesee 36037
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 26 B ▾
- Alleghany 37005
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Caswell 37033
- Chatham 37037
- Clay 37043
- Forsyth 37067
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Jackson 37099
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Mitchell 37121
- Orange 37135
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Yancey 37199
North Dakota view state ↗ 3 B ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 38 B ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Columbiana 39029
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Mahoning 39099
- Medina 39103
- Mercer 39107
- Montgomery 39113
- Morgan 39115
- Morrow 39117
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Wayne 39169
Oregon view state ↗ 13 B ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 61 B ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 B ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 B ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 8 B ▾
Utah view state ↗ 4 B ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 14 B ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 28 B ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Alleghany 51005
- Bland 51021
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Craig 51045
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- Lee 51105
- Montgomery 51121
- Patrick 51141
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
Washington view state ↗ 18 B ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 19 B ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 18 B ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 3 B ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RAAC3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3033363 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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