PLANTS Profile for Ranunculus flammula (greater creeping spearwort)

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Ranunculus flammula L.
greater creeping spearwort

Symbol:

RAFL2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		NI

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William & Wilma Follette. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Ranunculus flammula L.

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Distribution:
Ranunculus flammula L.


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, ID, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OR, PA, RI, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Ranunculus flammula L.

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 93 species in Ranunculus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Ranunculus flammula L. var. filiformis (Michx.) Hook.. . Image Available.

Ranunculus flammula var. filiformis
greater creeping spearwort

Distribution of Ranunculus flammula L. var. flammula. .

Ranunculus flammula var. flammula
greater creeping spearwort

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Ranunculus flammula L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus	Ranunculus L. – buttercup
Species	Ranunculus flammula L. – greater creeping spearwort

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Ranunculus flammula L.

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
Ranunculus flammula var. filiformis
creeping spearwort		Special Concern
New Jersey:
Ranunculus reptans [=RAFLF]
creeping spearwort		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
creeping spearwort		Extirpated

Introduced Information:
Ranunculus flammula L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Ranunculus flammula L.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Ranunculus flammula L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18604.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

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