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Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Ranunculus inundatus synonym: Ranunculus rivularis var. inundatus |
| Common Name: | river buttercup |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Aquatic |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Wet, Boggy, Poorly Drained, Aquatic |
| Size (HxW): | 5-30 cm high |
| Foliage: | Basal leaves divided segments |
| Flowers: | 1-3 yellow flowers to 15 mm wide, 5-7 narrowly oval petals, on erect flowering stalk held above leaves. Fruit a round head, warty, beak on each fruit slender and reflexed under at the tip. September-January |
| General Comments: | Perennial herb rooting at nodes. Frog habitat. Plant beside wet areas or in shallow water. Frost tolerant. vigorous plant that will spread rapidly via rhizomes. |
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