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Ranunculaceae
Fan-leaf water-crowfoot
Ranunculus circinatus
Also known as Aquatic crowfoot, Water buttercup, White water crowfoot, Ranunculus circinatus var. pseudocircinatus
Native Plants · Aquatic Plant · Ranunculaceae · Pond Plant · Submerged · Water Garden · Freshwater · Perennial · Wildlife Pond · Marginal Plant
Fan-leaf Water-crowfoot is an aquatic perennial that must be grown fully submerged in still or slow-moving freshwater, making it best suited for ponds or aquatic garden features. It prefers cool, clear water and benefits from several hours of sunlight daily. This specialist plant requires stable water conditions and is not suitable for indoor houseplant cultivation.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Keep fully submerged in clean, still or slow-moving freshwater at all times · Continuously submerged or waterlogged
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- 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
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Morocco
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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