Persian Buttercup
Ranunculus asiaticus L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 46 cm
- wide
- 46 cm
Ranunculaceae
Also called Turban Buttercup
Formerly Cyprianthe anemonoides, Cyprianthe asiatica, Ranunculus africanus, Ranunculus flammipetalus, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Tuberous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Aegean Is. to W. & SW. IranKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 46 cmRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 1–2 ft; Wikipedia 45–45 cm
- Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellow, red, pinkRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension blue, brown, cream, orange, pink, purple, red, white, yellow; Wikipedia pink, red, white, yellow
- Coldest it survives
- -11.1 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension -12.2 °C; Wikipedia -10 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Hebrew
- נורית אסיה
- French
- Renoncule des fleuristes
- Dutch
- Ranonkel, Tuinranonkel
- Czech
- pryskyřník asijský
- Arabic
- حوذان فارسي, حوذان آسيوي
- Japanese
- ハナキツネノボタン, ハナキンポウゲ
- Chinese (China)
- 花毛茛
- Chinese
- 陸蓮花, 花毛茛
- Slovenian
- perzijska zlatica, azijska zlatica
- Russian
- Лютик азиатский
- Danish
- haveranunkel
- German
- Asiatischer Hahnenfuß
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Ranunculus asiaticus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.