Baldellia ranunculoides

Lesser water-plantain
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Baldellia
Species: B. ranunculoides
Binomial name
Baldellia ranunculoides
(L.) Parl.
Synonyms [1]
  • Alisma ranunculoides L.
  • Echinodorus ranunculoides (L.) Engelm. ex Asch.

Baldellia ranunculoides, the lesser water-plantain,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Alismataceae.

Description

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]

Distribution

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 plane (Sarracenia magazine, Newfoundland and Labrador Wildflower Society.

References

  1. ↑ "Flocksvalting, Baldellia ranunculoides (L.) Parl.". Den virtuella floran. Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet. March 5, 1999. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  2. ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. 1 2 3 Carl Farmer (2003). "Lesser water-plantain, Baldellia ranunculoides". West Highland Flora. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Lesser water-plantain (Baldellia ranunculoides)". ARKive. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  5. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Mestolaccia ranunculoide, Baldellia ranunculoides

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