Lesser Water-plantain - Baldellia ranunculoides
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Species Description
Widespread but local throughout the UK. It has greatly declined throughout Britain. Habitat includes: ponds, lakes, ditches, rhynes, marshes, fens, dune-slacks etc. Growing habit: Perennial. Height: up to 50 cm. Flowers: June to September.
Stace 4:
Baldellia ranunculoides (L.) Parl. - Lesser Water-plantain. Rosette-plant with erect stem to 20(50)cm bearing inflorescence in simple whorl or with 1(-2) whorls below, or plant with trailing stems producing tufts of leaves and reduced (often 1-flowered) inflorescences; leaves linear or petiolate and narrowly elliptic; achene 2-3.5mm, tapered to acute apex; 2n=16. Native; wet places or shallow water in ditches, streamsides and pondsides.
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Subspecies
| name | latinname | species | sightings | media | image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesser Water-plantain | Baldellia ranunculoides subsp. ranunculoides | 1 | 1 | 7 |  |