Baldellia ranunculoides, the lesser water-plantain,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Alismataceae.
| Lesser water-plantain | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Alismataceae |
| Genus: | Baldellia |
| Species: | B. ranunculoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Baldellia ranunculoides | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Alisma ranunculoides, Echinodorus ranunculoides, Sagittaria ranunculodes
Baldellia ranunculoides is an aquatic plant which produced erect flowering stems that rise up to 10 centimetres (4 in) above the water surface.[3] Each flower stalk bears one or two umbels of up to five flowers each, and often only a single flower. Each flower is 10–15 millimetres (0.4–0.6 in) in diameter, and has three petals.[3] When not in flower, B. ranunculoides can be mistaken for lesser spearwort, Ranunculus flammula, which grows in similar locations.[3]
Baldellia ranunculoides is found along the Atlantic and Baltic coast of western and northern Europe, and along the Mediterranean coasts of southern Europe, Turkey and North Africa.[4][5][6] Recently found in eastern Newfoundland, Bristol's Hope barachois, Avalon Peninsula, the only location in North America. May have been introduced by a float (Sarracenia magazine, Newfoundland and Labrador Wildflower Society.
Taxon identifiers | |
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| Baldellia ranunculoides |
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| Alisma ranunculoides | |
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