Ranunculus peltatus

Ranunculus peltatus, the pond water-crowfoot,^[2] is a plant species in the genus Ranunculus, native to Europe, southwestern Asia and northern Africa.^[3]

Ranunculus peltatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Genus:	Ranunculus
Species:	R. peltatus
Binomial name
Ranunculus peltatus Schrank
Synonyms
Batrachium floribundum Dumort.

It is a herbaceous annual or perennial plant generally found in slow streams, ponds, or lakes. It has two different leaf types, broad rounded floating leaves 3–5 cm in diameter with three to seven shallow lobes, and finely divided thread-like submerged leaves. The flowers are white with a yellow centre, 15–20 mm in diameter, with five petals.^[4]

Some authorities consider there to be two sub-species; subsp. peltatus, which favours freshwater, and subsp. baudoti (Brackish Water-crowfoot) which is found in brackish coastal habitats.^[5] The latter now considered a entirely separate species, Ranunculus baudotii.^[6][7]

References

1. Lansdown, R.V. (2014). "Ranunculus peltatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T164265A42408104. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
2. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
3. "Ranunculus peltatus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
4. Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). Flora of Britain and Northern Europe. ISBN 0-340-40170-2
5. Sell, Peter; Murrell, Gina (2018). Flora of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-55335-3.
6. Stace, C.A. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles (4th ed.). Suffolk: C&M Floristics. ISBN 978-1-5272-2630-2.
7. Schou, J.C.; et al. (2023). Aquatic Plants of Northern and Central Europe including Britain and Ireland. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-25101-1.

External links

• Media related to Ranunculus peltatus at Wikimedia Commons