Ranunculus aquatilis L.
  • Sp. Pl. : 556 (1753)
  • Common water-crowfoot


Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2023): Ranunculus aquatilis L. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000461139. Accessed on: 04 Jun 2023'

General Information

Stems glabrous. Leaves laminate and filiform-dissected; laminate leaf blades reniform, 3-parted, 0.4-1.1 × 0.7-2.3 cm, segments obovate or fan-shaped, shallowly cleft, margins crenate; filiform-dissected leaves with stipules gradually tapering upward, connate for their whole length. Flowers: receptacle hispid, rarely glabrous; sepals spreading or reflexed, 2-4 × 1-2 mm, glabrous; petals 5, 4-7 × 1-5 mm; style 0.1-0.8 mm. Fruiting pedicels usually recurved. Heads of achenes hemispheric to ovoid, 2-4 × 2-5 mm; achenes 1-2 × 0.8-1.4 mm, glabrous or hispid; beak persistent, filiform, 0.1-1.2 mm.

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    Morphology

    Blütenstiele zur Fruchtzeit meist weniger als 5 cm lang, den Stiel des nächsten Blattes nicht überragend. Schwimmblätter nur in stehenden Gewässern, meist bis fast zum Grund 3teilig, die Zähne der Abschnitte länger als breit. Kronblätter 5–8(–10

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    Ecology

    Stehende Gewässer, kollin-montan. M.

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    Distribution Map

     
    • Native distribution
    Found in
    • Europe Northern Europe Ireland

    Synonyms

    Nationally Preferred Names

    NameLanguageCountry
    Common water-crowfootEnglishIE
    Néal uisce coiteannIrishIE

    Other Local Names

    NameLanguageCountry
    Neul uisgeIrishIE
    FleanuisgeIrishIE
    Renoncule aquatiqueFrenchCH
    Niúl uisceIrishIE
    Fliodh uisceIrishIE
    Líon abhannIrishIE
    Gewöhnlicher WasserhahnenfussGermanCH
    White water crowsfoot, renoncule aquatique

      Bibliography

     Information From

    Flora Helvetica – Illustrierte Flora der Schweiz
    http://www.flora-helvetica.ch
    Flora Helvetica – Illustrierte Flora der Schweiz, Konrad Lauber, Gerhart Wagner, Andreas Gygax. Haupt Verlag 2018.
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    'Flora of North America @ eFloras (2008). Published on the Internet http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1 [accessed August 2016]' Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
    • B Flora of North America Association
    Irish Vernacular Names
    https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/plant-science/plant-science/research-staff/article/380/wyse-jackson-peter-s.aspx
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    Ranunculaceae
    http://www.worldfloraonline.org/organisation/Ranunculaceae
    World Flora Online Data. 2021.
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    World Flora Online Data. 2017.
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