Freshwater
Common water-crowfoot
Ranunculus aquatilis
Ranunculaceae
Facts
Care
We have no care for this plant yet. If you know how it thrives, you can suggest it.
Range
Native
Lives wild in Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, and 23 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Ranunculus aquatilis, the common water-crowfoot or white water-crowfoot, is a plant species of the genus Ranunculus, native throughout most of Europe and western North America, and also northwest Africa. This is an aquatic plant, growing in mats on the surface of water. It has branching thread-like underwater leaves and toothed floater leaves. In fast flowing water the floaters may not be grown. The flowers are white petaled with yellow centres and are held a centimetre or two above the water. The floater leaves are used as props for the flowers and are grown at the same time.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Batrachium aquatile
- Batrachium argutum
- Batrachium capillaceum
- Batrachium carinatum
- Batrachium circinatoides
- Batrachium diversifolium
In other languages
- Vattenmöja
- Vesisätkin, Ojasätkin
- White water crowfoot
Articles
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