Common names:
Adder's-tongue spearwort, Badgeworth buttercup
Family:
Scientific name:
Ranunculus ophioglossifolius
Main flower color:
Range:
A few small sites in Gloucestershire, the main location a pond near Badgeworth
Height:
Up to 30 cm
Habitat:
Shallow ponds and pond margins; places with seasonally changing water levels
Flowers:
Five green sepals and five pale yellow, non-overlapping petals, about twice as long as the sepals. At the centre are a ring of yellow stamens around a near-spherical cluster of short green carpels. Flowers are produced in an open, branched, leafy panicle
Leaves:
Ovate, hairless, long-stalked, lined by a few small teeth and crossed by faint, pinnate veins
Season:
June to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
