Common name:
Common water-crowfoot
Family:
Scientific name:
Ranunculus aquatilis
Main flower color:
Range:
Most low elevation regions of the British Isles; absent from the Scottish Highlands
Height:
A few cm - a floating plant
Habitat:
Ponds, lakes, rivers; both still and slow-moving waters
Flowers:
Up to 25 mm across; five ovate petals, rounded at the tip, yellow at the base otherwise pure white, and a ring of short stamens around a group of greenish carpels
Leaves:
Thread-like submerged leaves, quite well spaced (intervals are longer than the leaves), and broad floating leaves, divided into three lobes, each partially divided once or twice. Occasionally the floating leaves are absent
Season:
April to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
