Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ranunculus ambigens
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Water-plantain Crowfoot from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus ambigens
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Ranunculus ambigens
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-13-006:
Ranunculus ambigens FAMILY Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ranunculus obtusiusculus
COMMON NAME:
Water-plantain Crowfoot, Water-plantain Spearwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_raob_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ranunculus ambigens
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus ambigens
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Ranunculus ambigens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-13-006:
Ranunculus ambigens
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ranunculus obtusiusculus
3213
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, swampy forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare (historically in NC, but not recently seen)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
3-5 sepals
5 petals, slightly longer than the sepals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Usually brownish
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p062
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p047
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
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