Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ranunculus pusillus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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Learn more about Low Spearwort from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus pusillus var. pusillus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Ranunculus pusillus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-13-008:
Ranunculus pusillus FAMILY Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ranunculus pusillus
COMMON NAME:
Low Spearwort, Small Spearwort
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JK Marlow jkm160326_086
March Laurens County SC
Petals 1-3(-5), 1-2 mm long, about as long as the sepals, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm160326_088
March Laurens County SC
Linear cauline leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm160326_089
March Laurens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160326_139
March Laurens County SC
Small ovate basal leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ranunculus pusillus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus pusillus var. pusillus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Ranunculus pusillus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-13-008:
Ranunculus pusillus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ranunculus pusillus
3215
Forb
Annual
Habitat: marshes, ditches, other wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA-NC Mountains, rare in SC Mountains)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
3-5 sepals
1-3(5) petals, about as long as the sepals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p249
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p306
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p063
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p047
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p252
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