Lesser Spearwort - Ranunculus flammula
Stem often creeping, sometime erect, becoming prostrate with age. The stem branches infrequently and roots when in contact with the surface. The leaves are simple, lanceolate in shape, with parallel veins. The flowers have 5 shiny yellow petals
Pond edges, river banks and other wet places.
May to September.
Perennial.
Widespread and fairly common in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 79 of the 617 tetrads.
Graham Calow
Stoney Stanton
12 July 2013
David Nicholls
New Lount
09 June 2011
Graham Calow
Stoney Stanton
12 July 2013
David Nicholls
New Lount
09 June 2011
Graham Calow
Stoney Stanton
12 July 2013
David Nicholls
Ulverscroft
21 June 2014
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Species profile
- Common names
- Lesser Spearwort
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Ranunculales
- Family:
- Ranunculaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 53
- First record:
- 26/04/2007 (Dave Wood)
- Last record:
- 12/10/2024 (Smith, Peter)
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David Nicholls
Lea Meadows
07 July 2011
David Nicholls
Lea Meadows
29 June 2012
David Nicholls
Ulverscroft
14 July 2011
David Nicholls
Ashby Canal, Shackerstone
15 September 2012
David Nicholls
Ashby Canal, Shackerstone
15 September 2012
David Nicholls
Ulverscroft
21 June 2014
