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Ranunculaceae
Lesser spearwort
Ranunculus flammula
Also known as Ranunculus flammeus, Lesser spearwort buttercup, Small spearwort, Mudwort
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Bog Plant · Yellow Flowers · Wet Soil · Water Garden · Buttercup · Marsh Plant · Pond Edge · Moisture Loving
Lesser spearwort requires consistently moist to wet soil conditions and thrives near water features or bog gardens. Plant in full sun to partial shade and maintain high soil moisture at all times. This buttercup relative produces cheerful yellow flowers and naturalizes well in wetland settings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist to wet, never allowing to dry out · Every 3-5 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Arizona, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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