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Ranunculaceae
Creeping spearwort
Ranunculus reptans
Also known as Ranunculus flagellifolius, Ranunculus filiformis, Ranunculus reptans var. flagellifolius, Ranunculus flammula var. reptans
Native Plants · Aquatic · Bog · Creeping · Wetland · Ranunculus · Ground Cover · Pond Margin · Perennial · Shade Tolerant
Creeping spearwort is a low-growing aquatic or semi-aquatic perennial that thrives in moist to wet soils at the edges of ponds or streams. It prefers partial shade and consistently damp conditions, making it ideal for bog gardens or water features. Avoid letting the soil dry out, as this plant depends on high moisture to thrive.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist to wet; suitable for pond margins or boggy areas · Every 3-5 days
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, FøRoyar
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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