Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ranunculus pusillus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Low Spearwort from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus pusillus var. pusillus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-13-008:
Ranunculus pusillus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ranunculus pusillus
COMMON NAME:
Low Spearwort
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JK Marlow jkm160326_086
March Laurens County SC
Petals 1-3(-5), 1-2 mm long, about as long as the sepals, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm160326_088
March Laurens County SC
Linear cauline leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm160326_089
March Laurens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160326_139
March Laurens County SC
Small ovate basal leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ranunculus pusillus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus pusillus var. pusillus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-13-008:
Ranunculus pusillus
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ranunculus pusillus
3215
Forb
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in GA-NC Mountains, rare in SC Mountains)
Look for it in marshes, ditches, other wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
3-5 sepals
1-3(5) petals, about as long as the sepals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p249
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p063
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p047
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p252