species 11,243 observations
Lesser Spearwort
Ranunculus flammula
Field notes
Supports All
106
native animals
supported in the US
supported in the US
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Caerulean Miner Bee
1
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Leaf-Miner Fly, Black-horned Tenthredo, Buttercup-miner Sawfly
3
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Mallard, Common Raven, Eurasian Jackdaw, Redpoll
26
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Orange-legged Furrow Bee, Variable Duskyface Fly, Common Flower Fly, Orange-belted Leafwalker
76
Children
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Light
- Part shade
- Water use
- High
- Resists
- Wet soil
- Habit
- Creeping
- Plant type
- Herbaceous perennial Water plant
From NC State Extension and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.