West Highland Flora

Thread-leaved Water-crowfoot


Ranunculus trichophyllus

 

Ranunculus trichophyllus

Photo © Carl Farmer
30 Sep 2003 Storr Lochs, Skye
Flower 13 mm across

A scarce plant of ditches and the margins of slow-moving water.

Flower diameter c 7-12 mm

ID: Flowers like buttercups but white with yellow centres and the petals well-separated.  Leaves divided into threadlike segments.

Other features: Several other very similar species occur, but these have the petals nearly touching or even overlapping.  Also in R trichophyllus the first two divisions of the leaves are usually into threes, and there are no "floating leaves" (i.e. rather buttercup-like non-threadlike leaves),

 

Ranunculus trichophyllus

Photo © Carl Farmer
30 Sep 2003 Storr Lochs, Skye
Flower 13 mm across

 

Ranunculus trichophyllus

Photo © Carl Farmer
30 Sep 2003 Storr Lochs, Skye
Flower 11 mm across at widest

  Ranunculus trichophyllus

Photo © Carl Farmer
30 Sep 2003 Storr Lochs, Skye
Flower 9 mm across

     

Back to species list