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Celery-leaved Buttercup

Ranunculus sceleratus

2,860Records since 2000
JunePeak month
93Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb9
Mar28
Apr148
May537
Jun578
Jul486
Aug329
Sep187
Oct67
Nov30
Dec10

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England353
2Suffolk England174
3Norfolk England155
4Cambridgeshire England116
5Doncaster England110
6North Yorkshire England85
7Nottinghamshire England63
8Sefton England62
9Essex England54
10North Lincolnshire England48
11Lincolnshire England39
12Herefordshire, County of England38
13Telford and Wrekin England35
14York England34
15East Riding of Yorkshire England31
2,579 England74 Scotland68 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 93 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,860
Peak month
June
Counties with records
93
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Ranunculus sceleratus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
14,066
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ranunculus
Name with authority
Ranunculus sceleratus L.
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1339284 · GBIF 3033374