Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus longirostris
Ranunculus longirostris
Also known as Ranunculus missouriensis, Batrachium longirostre, Ranunculus amphibius, Ranunculus hydrocharis f. longirostris
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Aquatic Plant · Water Plant · Pond Plant · Wetland · Ranunculus · Submerged Plant · Water Garden · Native Aquatic · Freshwater · Restoration Plant
Long-beaked water crowfoot is an aquatic perennial that grows submerged or floating in slow-moving to still freshwater environments such as ponds, lakes, and streams. It requires a permanently wet or submerged habitat and is best suited to water gardens, naturalized ponds, or wetland restoration projects rather than typical container growing. Handle with care, as Ranunculus species can cause skin and mucous membrane irritation.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Requires permanent shallow standing water or consistently saturated substrate · Continuously submerged or saturated
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–8
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, New Mexico, Texas, Wisconsin
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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