Plants : RanunculaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Ranunculus aquatilis L.

Common Water-crowfoot

Description: Despite its name, this is not such a common species as some other water-crowfoots.

It has both floating, lobed leaves and submerged finely dissected leaves. It is found in ponds, drains and slow-moving streams.

All names: Ranunculus aquatilis L.; Ranunculus aquatilis sens. str. L.; Ranunculus aquatilis ssp. aquatilis L.; Ranunculus heterophyllus Weber; Ranunculus radians Revel

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

iNaturalist: Ranunculus aquatilis at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Ranunculus aquatilis. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2731. Accessed on 2026-11-02.