Ranunculus nipponicus

Ranunculus nipponicus is a species of aquatic flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It is native to eastern Russia and Japan.^[1] The species has been proposed to be useful for cleaning-up nitrate-contaminated groundwater as the shoots can actively uptake nitrate from cool (15 °C) water.^[2]

Ranunculus nipponicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Genus:	Ranunculus
Species:	R. nipponicus
Binomial name
Ranunculus nipponicus (Makino & Nemoto) Nakai