Plants : AlismataceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Baldellia ranunculoides (L.) Parl.

Lesser Water-plantain

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Baldellia ranunculoides

Description: Rather like a small version of the narrow-leaved water-plantain (Alisma lanceolatum) and found in the same sort of aquatic habitat: the shallow margins of lakes and ponds. The records are mostly concentrated into three regions

  1. Lough Neagh/Lough Beg
  2. the Fermanagh lakeland
  3. the western side of Strangford Lough and the Lecale Peninsula
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All names: Baldellia ranunculoides (L.) Parl.; Alisma ranunculoides L.; Echinodorus ranunculoides (L.) Engelm.

Distribution Map from NBN: Baldellia ranunculoides at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Baldellia ranunculoides at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Baldellia ranunculoides. (L.) Parl.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2099. Accessed on 2026-11-02.