PLANTS Profile for Ranunculus flammula var. filiformis (greater creeping spearwort)

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PLANTS Profile

Ranunculus flammula L. var. filiformis (Michx.) Hook.
greater creeping spearwort

Symbol:

RAFLF

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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Line Drawing of Ranunculus flammula L. var. filiformis (Michx.) Hook.

Ranunculus reptans

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 flammula L. var. filiformis (Michx.) Hook.

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Synonyms:
Ranunculus flammula L. var. filiformis (Michx.) Hook.

	RAFI2	Ranunculus filiformis Michx.
	RAFLR	Ranunculus flammula L. var. reptans (L.) E. Mey.
	RARE80	Ranunculus reptans L.
	RAREF	Ranunculus reptans L. var. filiformis (Michx.) DC.
	RAREI	Ranunculus reptans L. var. intermedius (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray

Distribution:
Ranunculus flammula L. var. filiformis (Michx.) Hook.


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USA (AK, CO, CT, ID, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NJ, NY, OR, PA, RI, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Ranunculus flammula L. var. filiformis (Michx.) Hook.

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 93 species in Ranunculus, 2 varieties in Ranunculus flammula L.

Classification:
Ranunculus flammula L. var. filiformis (Michx.) Hook.

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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 flammula L. – greater creeping spearwort
Variety	Ranunculus flammula L. var. filiformis (Michx.) Hook. – greater creeping spearwort

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Ranunculus flammula L. var. filiformis (Michx.) Hook.

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are 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:
creeping spearwort		Special Concern
New Jersey:
Ranunculus reptans
creeping spearwort		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
Ranunculus flammula
creeping spearwort		Extirpated

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 flammula L. var. filiformis (Michx.) Hook.

Ranunculus flammula:

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Reg. 0

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Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW

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More Accounts and Images:
Ranunculus flammula L. var. filiformis (Michx.) Hook.

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 194956.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

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