{{Short description|Species of aquatic plant}}{{speciesbox| name = Lesser water-plantain| image = BaldelliaRanunculoides3.jpg| genus = Baldellia| species = ranunculoides

Carl Linnaeus>L.) Parl.| synonyms =

Alisma ranunculoides L.
Echinodorus ranunculoides (L.) Engelm. ex Asch.

BALDELLIA RANUNCULOIDES (L.) PARL. >WORK=DEN VIRTUELLA FLORAN

SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY>NATURHISTORISKA RIKSMUSEET, March 5, 1999, December 1, 2013, }}Baldellia ranunculoides, the lesser water-plantain,{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }} is a species of flowering plant in the family Alismataceae.

Synonyms

Alisma ranunculoides, Echinodorus ranunculoides, Sagittaria ranunculodes

Description

Baldellia ranunculoides is an aquatic plant which produced erect flowering stems that rise up to {{convert|10|cm|0}} above the water surface.WEB,weblink West Highland Flora, Lesser water-plantain, Baldellia ranunculoides, Carl Farmer, 2003, December 1, 2013, June 2, 2013,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130602063335weblink">weblink dead, Each flower stalk bears one or two umbels of up to five flowers each, and often only a single flower. Each flower is {{convert|10|-|15|mm|1}} in diameter, and has three petals. When not in flower, B. ranunculoides can be mistaken for lesser spearwort, Ranunculus flammula, which grows in similar locations.

Distribution

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.WEB,weblink Lesser water-plantain (Baldellia ranunculoides), ARKive, December 1, 2013,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20131204030338weblink">weblink 2013-12-04, dead, Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesWEB,weblink Baldellia ranunculoides [Mestolaccia minore], luirig.altervista.org, it, 2017-01-26, 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

External links

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