Ranunculus flammula

Ranunculus flammula, the lesser spearwort,^[2] greater creeping spearwort^[3] or banewort, is a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Ranunculus (buttercup), growing in damp places throughout the Boreal Kingdom. It flowers June/July. Ranunculus flammula is poisonous. It is very closely related to R. reptans, which is distinguished by prostrate and more slender stems, narrower leaves and smaller flowers and is sometimes included within R. flammula sensu lato as a variety (R. flammula var. reptans (L.) E. Meyer).

Lesser spearwort
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. flammula
Binomial name
Ranunculus flammula L.

In addition to other forms of pollination, this plant is adapted to rain-pollination.^[4]

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Illustrations

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  Ranunculus flammula
  Illustration in:
  Jakob Sturm: "Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen",
  Stuttgart (1796)
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  Ranunculus flammula var reptans
  Illustration in:
  Jakob Sturm: "Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen",
  Stuttgart (1796)
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  Žgoča zlatica. (Ranúnculus Flámmula.)
  Illustration #29 in: Martin Cilenšek: Naše škodljive rastline, Celovec (1892)