Biology:Ranunculus pusillus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Ranunculus |
| Species: | R. pusillus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ranunculus pusillus Poir.
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Ranunculus lindheimeri | |
Ranunculus pusillus, commonly called low spearwort,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). It is native to much of the eastern United States from New York to Florida and west to Texas ; it is also known in California .[2] It grows in wet habitat, where it is semi-aquatic growing partially submerged or terrestrially on muddy substrates.
It is a perennial herb producing a slender decumbent to erect stem up to half a meter in length. It is generally hairless in texture. Leaves have blades which are lance-shaped to oval and borne on short petioles. The flower has one to three tiny yellow petals no more than 2 millimeters long around a central receptacle with many stamens and pistils. Flowers are produced in the spring.[3] The fruit is an achene borne in a spherical cluster of 18 or more.
Ranunculus pusillus, showing emergent growth habit
References
- ↑ "Ranunculus pusillus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=RAPU. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Ranunculus pusillus", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Ranunculus%20pusillus.png, retrieved 15 August 2018
- ↑ Ranunculus pusillus Flora of North America
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7293619 entry
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