Common name:
Lesser spearwort
Family:
Scientific name:
Ranunculus flammula
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the UK; least common in southeast England
Height:
Up to 50 cm
Habitat:
Damp grassland, streambanks, riversides, pond margins
Flowers:
Up to 20 mm in diameter; five slightly overlapping yellow petals and five shorter, light green sepals, sparsely hairy. Flowers are produced in small numbers at the top of slender, faintly furrowed stalks
Leaves:
Basal leaves are ovate, attached by long stalks, while stem leaves are longer and narrower, and sessile
Season:
June to October
Rarity:
★★★★★
