Ranunculus pusillus
| Ranunculus pusillus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Ranunculus |
| Species: | R. pusillus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ranunculus pusillus Poir. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ranunculus lindheimeri | |
Ranunculus pusillus is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup genus known by the common name low spearwort.[1] It is native to much of the eastern United States from New York to Florida and west to Texas; it is also known in California. It grows in wet habitat, where it is semi-aquatic growing partially submerged or terrestrially on muddy substrates. It is a perennial herb producing a slender decumbent to erect stem up to half a meter in length. It is generally hairless in texture. Leaves have blades which are lance-shaped to oval and borne on short petioles. The flower has one to three tiny yellow petals no more than 2 millimeters long around a central receptacle with many stamens and pistils. The fruit is an achene borne in a spherical cluster of 18 or more.
References
- ↑ "Ranunculus pusillus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 18 October 2015.