Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ranunculus ficaria L. [Ranunculaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 5

Ranunculus ficaria subsp. calthifolius (Rchb.) Arcang.

Ranunculus ficaria subsp. chrysocephalus P.D.Sell

Ranunculus ficaria subsp. fertilis A.R.Clapham ex Laegaard

Ranunculus ficaria subsp. ficaria

Ranunculus ficaria subsp. ficariiformis Rouy & Foucaud

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
celadine	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
celandine	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
columbine	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ficaire	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
ficaria	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
fig buttercup	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lesser celandine	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
pile-wort	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
pilewort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
pilewort herb	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ranunculus	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
ranunculus ficaria	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
ranunculus ficaria whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
renoncule ficaire	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
scharbockskraut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
svalört	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Herb		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ficaria ranunculoides Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 1: 241 (1788), nom. superfl.
Ficaria verna Huds. Fl. Angl.: 214 (1762).
Ficaria ficaria (L.) H.Karst. Ill. Repet. Pharm.-Med. Bot.: 565 (1886), not validly publ.
Ficaria ranunculoides var. bulbilifera Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 13 (1866), not validly publ.
Ficaria ranunculoides var. divergens F.W.Schultz Arch. Fl. France Allem. 2: 122 (1850), not validly publ.
Ficaria verna f. divergens Font Quer Exsicc. (Iter Marocc.) 1930: n.° 211 (1932), not validly publ.
Ficaria vulgaris J.St.-Hil. Pl. France 2: 50 (1808), nom. superfl.
Ranunculus claviformis Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 221 (1867), nom. superfl.
Ranunculus ficaria f. cordifolius Neilr. Fl. Nied.-Oesterr. 1: 685 (1859), not validly publ.
Ranunculus ficaria f. divergens F.W.Schultz Arch. Fl. 1: 224 (1856), not validly publ.
Ranunculus ficaria var. divergens Syme in J.E.Smith, Engl. Bot., ed. 3, 1: 48 (1877), not validly publ.
Ranunculus praecox Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 372 (1796), nom. superfl.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ficaria ranunculoides M.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Ficaria verna Huds.	European Red List of Medicinal Pl. (Allen et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024)
Rananculus ficaria L.	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
Ranunculus ficaria	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Ranunculus ficaria L.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in Sardinia & Sicily: Sardinian Subset (Leonti et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in Sardinia & Sicily: Sicilian Subset (Leonti et al., 2009) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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