Lesser spearwort - Ranunculus flammula

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Lesser spearwort - Ranunculus flammula
© Dr Chris Gibson/English Nature

This buttercup-like flower occurs as a plant of pond margins and in marshes, flushes and even wet meadows. Unlike buttercups, the leaves are undivided and spear-shaped - hence the name. Lesser spearwort has distinctive scrambling, red tinged stems, which can root at leaf junctions.

It is a useful and attractive plant for the pond, and is less invasive than its close relative, the much larger greater spearwort, Ranunculus lingua .

Animals

Azure damselfly, Blue-tailed damselfly, Large red damselfly

Foliage	Green
Flower	Yellow, May to September
Moisture	(Wet)
Sunlight	(Full sun)
Origin	Native