Common name:
Frogbit
Family:
Scientific name:
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
Main flower color:
Range:
Scattered locations in south/central England, Ireland and Wales
Height:
A few cm (the flower stalk) - leaves are floating
Habitat:
Still water - ditches, ponds, fens and canals
Flowers:
Three broad white petals, yellow at the base and crinkly in texture, and three smaller green sepals. Flowers are either pistillate, and solitary, on bractless stalks of up to 8 cm, or staminate, in groups of two or three, partly enclosed by a pair of bracts (the spathe)
Leaves:
Round to cordate, up to 3 cm across, attached by long stalks. The whole plant is floating, not rooted
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
