Family: Ranunculaceae
Author: Chaix
Bibliography: Pl. Vapicens.: 31 (1785)
Year: 1785
Status: accepted
Rank: species
Genus: Ranunculus
Vegetable: False
Observations: Temp. & Subtrop. to Trop. Mts.
Description
The Threadleaf Crowfoot, scientifically known as Ranunculus trichophyllus, is a fascinating member of the Ranunculaceae family. First documented by the botanist Chaix in 1785 in “Pl. Vapicens.”, this plant has since captured the interest of botanists and horticulturists alike.
Ranunculus trichophyllus typically inhabits temperate and subtropical regions, extending to tropical mountain areas. It thrives in various aquatic environments, often found in slow-moving streams, ponds, and marshes. The plant’s adaptability to different climatic zones underscores its resilience and ecological versatility.
Characterized by its thin, thread-like leaves, the Threadleaf Crowfoot showcases a unique morphology that distinguishes it from other members of the Ranunculus genus. The finely divided, almost feathery leaves are optimized for its aquatic habitat, allowing the plant to efficiently carry out photosynthesis and gas exchange while submerged. This adaptation is not only aesthetically pleasing but also significant for its survival in waterlogged conditions.
During its blooming period, Ranunculus trichophyllus produces small, vibrant yellow flowers that add a splash of color to its watery surroundings. These blossoms are not only beautiful but also play a crucial role in the plant’s reproductive cycle, attracting pollinators even in its aquatic environment.
The Threadleaf Crowfoot has found uses in both ornamental and ecological applications. Its delicate appearance makes it a popular choice for water gardens and natural aquatic displays. Moreover, its presence in water bodies can contribute to maintaining aquatic ecosystems by providing habitat and supporting biodiversity.
In summary, the Threadleaf Crowfoot is a remarkable aquatic plant that combines beauty with ecological importance. Its adaptability to various climatic conditions and its distinctive physical characteristics make it a valuable species for both natural habitats and cultivated settings.
Common Names
Deu: haarblättriger wasser-hahnenfuß, haarblättriger wasserhahnenfuß
Eng: thread-leaf water-crowfoot, threadleaf crowfoot, white water buttercup, whitewater crowfoot, thread-leaved water-crowfoot, thread-leaved crowfoot
Nld: kleine waterranonkel
Swe: grodmöja, grodranunkel
Fra: renoncule capillaire, renoncule à feuilles capillaires
Cym: crafanc-y-frân feinddail, egyllt dail edafaidd
Ita: ranuncolo capillare
Gla: néal uisce ribeach
Nob: småvassoleie
Nno: småvassoleie
En: Threadleaf crowfoot, Thread-Leaf Water-Crowfoot, Threadleaf buttercup, White water buttercup, Whitewater crowfoot, Thread-leaved Water-crowfoot, Water buttercup
Be: Казялец валасалісты
Bg: Нишколистно лютиче
Cs: Lakušník niťolistý, Lakušník vláskovitý
Nl: Kleine waterranonkel
Et: Jõgi-särjesilm
Fr: Renoncule à feuilles capillaires
De: Haarblättriger Hahnenfuß, Haarblättriger Wasser-Hahnenfuß, Haarblättriger Wasserhahnenfuß
Hu: Hínáros víziboglárka
Is: Lónasóley
Se: Johkaráiski
Fa: آلاله آبی موئین
Pl: Włosienicznik skąpopręcikowy
Sk: Močiarka niťovolistá
Es: Cancel de las ninfas, Hierba lagunera, Milenrama acuática, Yerba lagunera
Cy: Crafanc-y-frân feinddail
Synonyms
- Ranunculus divaricatus (Schrank)
- Batrachium caespitosum (F.W.Schultz)
- Batrachium radians (Dumort.)
- Ranunculus pantothrix (Brot.)
- Batrachium pectinatum (Nyman)
- Ranunculus aquatilis subsp. trichophyllus ((Chaix) Moore & A.G.Moore)
- Batrachium flaccidum ((Pers.) Rupr.)
- Batrachium trichophyllum subsp. pantothrix ((Gray) Nyman)
- Batrachium drouetii ((F.W.Schultz ex Godr.) Nyman)
- Ranunculus paucistamineus var. drouetii ((F.W.Schultz ex Godr.) H.Lindb.)
- Ranunculus flaccidus var. drouetii ((F.W.Schultz ex Godr.) Hegi)
- Batrachium paucistamineum var. drouetii ((F.W.Schultz ex Godr.) A.Pihl)
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. brachypus (Hook. & Arn.)
- Batrachium saichinense (Klinkova)
- Ranunculus trichophylloides (Humn.)
- Batrachium lutulentum (Nyman)
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. flaccidus ((Pers.) Tullb.)
- Ranunculus trichophyllus var. peucedanoides ((Desf.) Batt.)
- Ranunculus trichophyllus subsp. drouetii ((F.W.Schultz ex Godr.) P.Fourn.)
- Batrachium divaricatum ((Schrank) Wimm.)
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. divaricatus ((Schrank) A.Gray)
- Batrachium aquatile var. caespitosum ((Thuill.) Cufod.)
- Ranunculus curvirostris (Freyn)
- Ranunculus britannicus (Rouy & Foucaud)
- Ranunculus hydrocharis f. caespitosus ((Thuill.) Hiern)
- Batrachium trichophyllum subsp. drouetii ((F.W.Schultz ex Godr.) Corb.)
- Batrachium pantothrix ((Brot.) Gray)
- Batrachium pedunculare (Greene)
- Ranunculus pantothrix var. caespitosus ((Thuill.) DC.)
- Batrachium heterophyllum f. dissectum (Brenner)
- Batrachium aquatile subsp. pantothrix ((Brot.) Piper)
- Batrachium kabulense (Tamura)
- Ranunculus paucistamineus f. fluitans (H.Lindb.)
- Ranunculus paucistamineus var. trichophyllus ((Chaix) Svanlund)
- Ranunculus jingpoensis ((G.Y.Zhang, Chen Wang & X.Jun Liu) Luferov)
- Ranunculus peucedanoides (Desf.)
- Ranunculus trichophyllus var. heterophyllus (Freyn)
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. trichophyllus ((Chaix) Tullb.)
- Ranunculus paucistamineus subsp. sublaevis ((Vierh.) Rech.f.)
- Batrachium trichophyllum var. caespitosus (Britton & A.Br.)
- Ranunculus leonardii (Sennen)
- Ranunculus drouetii (F.W.Schultz ex Godr.)
- Ranunculus paucistamineus f. terrestris (Porsild)
- Ranunculus trichophyllus f. terrestris ((Gren. & Godr.) Janković)
- Ranunculus trichophyllus subsp. trichophylloides ((Humn.) P.Fourn.)
- Batrachium villosum (F.W.Schultz ex Gren. & Godr.)
- Ranunculus flaccidus (Pers.)
- Batrachium trichophyllum var. paucistamineum ((Tausch) Hand.-Mazz.)
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. lalondei (L.D.Benson)
- Ranunculus pantothrix var. rigidus (Gaudin)
- Batrachium paucistamineum subsp. trichophyllum ((Chaix) A.Pihl)
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. caespitosus ((Thuill.) DC.)
- Batrachium aquatile subsp. caespitosum ((Thuill.) Piper)
- Batrachium paucistamineum f. aspergillifolium ((Dumrt.) A.Pihl)
- Batrachium aquatile var. flaccidum ((Pers.) Cockerell)
- Ranunculus trichophyllus var. glaber ((M.Tamura) M.Tamura)
- Batrachium bipontinum (F.W.Schultz ex Gren. & Godr.)
- Batrachium trichophyllum var. hirtellum (L.Liou)
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. calvescens ((W.B.Drew) L.D.Benson)
- Ranunculus martini (Lamotte)
- Ranunculus trichophyllus var. drouetii ((F.W.Schultz ex Godr.) Loret & Barrandon)
- Ranunculus trichophyllus var. typicus (W.B.Drew)
- Ranunculus trichophyllus var. calvescens (W.B.Drew)
- Ranunculus saichinensis ((Klinkova) Luferov)
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. pantothrix ((Brot.) Hartm.)
- Batrachium paucistamineum subsp. flaccidum ((Pers.) A.Pihl)
- Ranunculus peltatus f. dissectus ((Brenner) Hjelt)
- Ranunculus brattius (Beck)
- Ranunculus hydrocharis f. drouetii ((F.W.Schultz ex Godr.) Hiern)
- Ranunculus trichophyllus subsp. paucistamineus ((Tausch) Berher)
- Ranunculus capillus-naidis (Arv.-Touv.)
- Batrachium rigidum (Dumort.)
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. harrisii (L.D.Benson)
- Batrachium paucistamineum (F.W.Schultz)
- Ranunculus emporitanus (Sennen)
- Ranunculus aquatilis subsp. paucistamineus ((Tausch) Tullb.)
- Batrachium trichophyllum var. glabrum (M.Tamura)
- Batrachium trichophyllum var. jingpoense ((G.Y.Chang, C.Wang & X.J.Liu) W.T.Wang)
- Batrachium aquatile var. trichophyllum ((Chaix) Spach)
- Batrachium trichophyllum ((Chaix) Bosch)
- Batrachium minimum (Schur)
- Ranunculus trichophyllus var. mexicanus (H.Lév.)
- Ranunculus trichophyllus var. trichophylloides ((Humn.) Hegi)
- Ranunculus hydrocharis f. trichophyllus ((Chaix) Hiern)
- Ranunculus dolichopodus (A.Kern. ex Freyn)
- Batrachium aspergillifolium (Dumort.)
- Ranunculus aschersonii (Freyn)
- Ranunculus paucistamineus (Tausch)
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus (With.)
- Ranunculus filicaulis (Rouy & Foucaud)
- Batrachium jingpoense (G.Y.Zhang, Chen Wang & X.Jun Liu)
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. drouetii ((F.W.Schultz ex Godr.) G.Lawson)
- Ranunculus hydrocharis var. caespitosus ((Thuill.) Spenn.)
- Ranunculus cesatianus (Caldesi)
- Ranunculus aquatilis var. peduncularis ((Greene) Jeps.)
Distribution
- Afghanistan (native)
- Alaska (native)
- Albania (native)
- Alberta (native)
- Aleutian Is. (native)
- Algeria (native)
- Altay (native)
- Amur (native)
- Argentina Northwest (native)
- Argentina South (native)
- Arizona (native)
- Arkansas (native)
- Assam (native)
- Austria (native)
- Baleares (native)
- Baltic States (native)
- Belarus (native)
- Belgium (native)
- Bolivia (native)
- British Columbia (native)
- Bulgaria (native)
- Buryatiya (native)
- California (native)
- Canary Is. (native)
- Central European Rus (native)
- Chile South (native)
- China North-Central (native)
- China South-Central (native)
- Chita (native)
- Connecticut (native)
- Corse (native)
- Czechoslovakia (native)
- Delaware (native)
- Denmark (native)
- East Aegean Is. (native)
- East European Russia (native)
- East Himalaya (native)
- Egypt (native)
- Ethiopia (native)
- Finland (native)
- France (native)
- Germany (native)
- Great Britain (native)
- Greece (native)
- Greenland (native)
- Hungary (native)
- Idaho (native)
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- India (native)
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- Inner Mongolia (native)
- Iowa (native)
- Iran (native)
- Ireland (native)
- Irkutsk (native)
- Italy (native)
- Kamchatka (native)
- Kansas (native)
- Kazakhstan (native)
- Khabarovsk (native)
- Kirgizstan (native)
- Krasnoyarsk (native)
- Kriti (native)
- Krym (native)
- Kuril Is. (native)
- Labrador (native)
- Lebanon-Syria (native)
- Libya (native)
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- Minnesota (native)
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- Montana (native)
- Morocco (native)
- Nebraska (native)
- Nepal (native)
- Netherlands (native)
- Nevada (native)
- New Brunswick (native)
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- New Jersey (native)
- New South Wales (native)
- New York (native)
- Newfoundland (native)
- North Carolina (native)
- North Caucasus (native)
- North Dakota (native)
- North European Russi (native)
- Northwest European R (native)
- Northwest Territorie (native)
- Norway (native)
- Nova Scotia (native)
- Nunavut (native)
- Ohio (native)
- Oklahoma (native)
- Ontario (native)
- Oregon (native)
- Pakistan (native)
- Palestine (native)
- Pennsylvania (native)
- Peru (native)
- Poland (native)
- Portugal (native)
- Primorye (native)
- Prince Edward I. (native)
- Qinghai (native)
- Québec (native)
- Rhode I. (native)
- Romania (native)
- Sakhalin (native)
- Sardegna (native)
- Saskatchewan (native)
- Sicilia (native)
- South Australia (native)
- South Carolina (native)
- South Dakota (native)
- South European Russi (native)
- Spain (native)
- Sweden (native)
- Switzerland (native)
- Tadzhikistan (native)
- Tasmania (native)
- Texas (native)
- Tibet (native)
- Transcaucasus (native)
- Tunisia (native)
- Turkey (native)
- Turkey-in-Europe (native)
- Turkmenistan (native)
- Tuva (native)
- Ukraine (native)
- Utah (native)
- Uzbekistan (native)
- Vermont (native)
- Victoria (native)
- Virginia (native)
- Washington (native)
- West Himalaya (native)
- West Siberia (native)
- West Virginia (native)
- Wisconsin (native)
- Wyoming (native)
- Xinjiang (native)
- Yakutskiya (native)
- Yugoslavia (native)
- Yukon (native)
Additional Images
Habit
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Flower
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Bark
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Leaf
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Sources
- WFO (No URL)
- IPNI (No URL)
- GBIF (https://www.gbif.org/species/3033377)
- POWO (http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30048831-2)
- PlantNet (https://identify.plantnet.org/species/the-plant-list/Ranunculus trichophyllus Chaix ex Vill.)
- GBIF (https://www.gbif.org/species/8201205)
Specifications
Growth habit>: Forb/herb
Growth
Ph maximum: 6.5
Ph minimum: 5.5
Light: 7
Atmospheric humidity: 9
Soil nutriments: 6
