Common name:
Brackish water-crowfoot
Family:
Scientific name:
Ranunculus baudotii
Main flower color:
Range:
Coastal areas across most of the UK
Height:
Floating
Habitat:
Ponds, ditches and standing water, in salty places near the coast
Flowers:
Five obovate white petals, greenish-yellow at the base and crossed by short, darker veins, around a centre of many yellow-tipped stamens and greenish carpels. Flowers are between 10 and 20 mm in diameter
Leaves:
Deeply divided floating leaves (may be absent) and rigid, thread-like, finely divided submerged leaves which are longer than the gap between adjacent leaves
Season:
April to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
