Species: Ranunculus flammula
Lesser Spearwort
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ranunculus
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Greater Creeping Spearwort - greater creeping spearwort - renoncule flammette
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Buttercup Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae - Ranunculus - Ranunculus flammula, as treated here (following Kartesz, 1994 checklist) includes the plants widely known as Ranunculus filiformis and R. reptans. R. flammula var. filiformis includes R. reptans, which if treated separately within this species is R. flammula var. reptans, and R. filiformis. R. flammula var. flammula includes the 'ovalis' taxon variously treated as R. flammula var. ovalis, R. filiformis var. ovalis, or R. reptans var. ovalis. R. flammula var. angustifolius is primarily Eurasian, but reported also from Newfoundland.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1990-01-16
Global Status Last Changed
1984-08-29
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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