| Lesser water-plantain | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Alismataceae |
| Genus: | Baldellia |
| Species: | B. ranunculoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Baldellia ranunculoides | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Baldellia ranunculoides, the lesser water-plantain,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Alismataceae.
Synonyms[edit]
Alisma ranunculoides, Echinodorus ranunculoides, Sagittaria ranunculodes
Description[edit]
Baldellia ranunculoides is an aquatic plant which produced erect flowering stems that rise up to 10 centimetres (4 in) above the water surface.[3] Each flower stalk bears one or two umbels of up to five flowers each, and often only a single flower. Each flower is 10–15 millimetres (0.4–0.6 in) in diameter, and has three petals.[3] When not in flower, B. ranunculoides can be mistaken for lesser spearwort, Ranunculus flammula, which grows in similar locations.[3]
Distribution[edit]
Baldellia ranunculoides is found along the Atlantic and Baltic coast of western and northern Europe, and along the Mediterranean coasts of southern Europe, Turkey and North Africa.[4][5][6] Recently found in eastern Newfoundland, Bristol's Hope barachois, Avalon Peninsula, the only location in North America. May have been introduced by a float (Sarracenia magazine, Newfoundland and Labrador Wildflower Society.
References[edit]
- ^ "Flocksvalting, Baldellia ranunculoides (L.) Parl". Den virtuella floran. Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet. March 5, 1999. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ a b c Carl Farmer (2003). "Lesser water-plantain, Baldellia ranunculoides". West Highland Flora. Archived from the original on June 2, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ "Lesser water-plantain (Baldellia ranunculoides)". ARKive. Archived from the original on 2013-12-04. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "Baldellia ranunculoides [Mestolaccia minore]". luirig.altervista.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-26.
External links[edit]
Media related to Baldellia ranunculoides at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Baldellia ranunculoides at Wikispecies
