PLANTS Profile for Ranunculus ambigens (waterplantain spearwort)

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Ranunculus ambigens S. Watson
waterplantain spearwort

Symbol:

RAAM

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Ranunculus ambigens S. Watson

Ranunculus obtusiusculus

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 107. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Ranunculus ambigens S. Watson

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Synonyms:
Ranunculus ambigens S. Watson

RAOB

Ranunculus obtusiusculus Raf.

Distribution:
Ranunculus ambigens S. Watson


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USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Ranunculus ambigens S. Watson

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 93 species in Ranunculus

Classification:
Ranunculus ambigens S. Watson

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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 ambigens S. Watson – waterplantain spearwort

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Ranunculus ambigens S. Watson

This plant is 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:
water-plantain spearwort		Endangered
Kentucky:
water-plantain spearwort		Special Concern
Maine:
water-plantain spearwort		Possibly Extirpated
Maryland:
water-plantain spearwort		Endangered, Extirpated
Michigan:
spearwort		Threatened
New Hampshire:
water-plantain		Endangered
Rhode Island:
water-plantain spearwort		Special Concern

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 ambigens S. Watson

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Ranunculus ambigens S. Watson

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18589.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 04:57 AM CDT