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Pond Water-crowfoot

Ranunculus peltatus

Pond Water-crowfoot
Photo: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Grows as
Aquatic, Annual, Perennial
Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
Europe to N. Afghanistan, N. Africa
Climate
temperate

About

Ranunculus peltatus, the pond water-crowfoot, is a plant species in the genus Ranunculus, native to Europe, southwestern Asia and northern Africa.

It is a herbaceous annual or perennial plant generally found in slow streams, ponds, or lakes. It has two different leaf types, broad rounded floating leaves 3–5 cm in diameter with three to seven shallow lobes, and finely divided thread-like submerged leaves. The flowers are white with a yellow centre, 15–20 mm in diameter, with five petals.

Other Ranunculus plants

Littleleaf buttercup · Sand Buttercup · Aconite-leaf buttercup · Ranunculus acraeus · Meadow buttercup · Alpine buttercup · Fall buttercup · Plantainleaf buttercup · Allegheny Mountain buttercup · Allen's buttercup · Ranunculus altus · Waterplantain spearwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ranunculus peltatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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