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Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus

not marked as a favorite taxon Ranunculus flammula Linnaeus var. ovalis (Bigelow) L.D. Benson. Common name: Greater Creeping Spearwort. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Sandy and muddy shores. Distribution: Newfoundland and Labrador west to Alaska, south to e. Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.

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Subgenus: Auricomus. Section: Flammula.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, FNA3, GrPl, K4, NE, NSProv, NY, Pa, POWO; = Ranunculus reptans L. var. ovalis (Bigelow) Torr. & A.Gray — F. Basionym: Ranunculus filiformis Michx. var. ovalis Bigelow 1824

Links to other floras: = Ranunculus flammula var. ovalis - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 4

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