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Small Yellow Water Crowfoot
Ranunculus gmelinii

Small Yellow Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus gmelinii) Other common names: Small Yellow Water Buttercup

Other scientific names: Ranunculus purshii

French names: Renoncule de Gmelin

Family: Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae)

Group: Buttercups & Crowfoots

Flowers: Summer;  Yellow;  5 parts (petals)

Leaves: Alternate

Habitat: Wet Areas

Native/Non-native: Non-native

Photographs: 73 photographs available, of which 8 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.

Range Map is at the bottom of the page

Small Yellow Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus gmelinii)

Small Yellow Water Crowfoot flower.

Small Yellow Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus gmelinii)

Small Yellow Water Crowfoot is very much a water plant.

Small Yellow Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus gmelinii)

Flowers just opening, along with flower buds.

Small Yellow Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus gmelinii)

Leaves and flower buds.

Small Yellow Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus gmelinii)

Some leaves.

Small Yellow Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus gmelinii)

Uppe surface of a Small Yellow Water Crowfoot leaf.

Small Yellow Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus gmelinii)

Underside of a leaf.

Small Yellow Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus gmelinii)

Nice colony of Small Yellow Water Crowfoot in the middle of a stream.

Small Yellow Water Crowfoot can grow in still or flowing water.


Range map for Small Yellow Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus gmelinii)

PLEASE NOTE: A coloured Province or State means this species occurs somewhere in that Province/State.
The entire Province/State is coloured, regardless of where in that Province/State it occurs.

(Range map provided courtesy of the USDA website and is displayed here in accordance with their Policies)