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|accepted_name=Ranunculus flammula
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 548. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Spearwort
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus;Ranunculus sect. Flammula;Ranunculus flammula
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ranunculaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ranunculus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Ranunculus sect. Flammula]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ranunculus flammula]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect to prostrate, usually rooting nodally, glabrous or sparsely strigose. <b>Roots</b> not thickened basally, glabrous. <b>Proximal</b> cauline leaf blades lanceolate to oblanceolate or filiform, 0.7-6.5 × 0.04-1 cm, base acute to filiform, margins entire or serrulate, apex acute to filiform. <b>Inflorescences</b>: bracts lanceolate to oblanceolate. <b>Flowers</b>: receptacle glabrous; sepals 5, spreading or weakly reflexed, 1.5-4 × 1-2 mm, glabrous or appressed-hispid; petals 5-6, 2.5-7 × 1-4 mm; nectary scales glabrous. <b>Heads</b> of achenes globose or hemispheric, 2-4 × 3-4 mm; achenes 1.2-1.6 × 1-1.4 mm, glabrous; beak lanceolate to linear, straight or curved, 0.1-0.6 mm.</span><!--

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|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;N.S.;N.W.T.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Idaho;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;N.Dak.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;Nev.;Oreg.;Pa.;Utah;Vt.;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>In Eurasia, this taxon is usually treated as two closely related species. <i>Ranunculus flammula</i> in the strict sense has relatively stout (0.8-3 mm thick) stems that are erect or ascending from prostrate bases, lanceolate to oblanceolate leaves 3-10 mm broad, sepals 3-4 mm, and petals 5-7 × 3-4 mm. <i>Ranunculus</i> reptans has slender (0.2-1 mm thick) stems that are usually prostrate except for the pedicels, leaves linear or filiform, to 2 mm broad, sepals 1-2 mm, and petals 3-5 × 1-2.5 mm. In North America, this distinction holds up relatively well east of the Great Plains, where plants with the characteristics of <i>R. flammula</i> in the strict sense are found in eastern Canada (Newfoundland and northern Nova Scotia) while plants with the characteristics of R. reptans are widespread. In the western part of the continent, however, the situation is much less clear. Collections from the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains resemble R. reptans in most characters, but they often have broader leaves (up to 5 mm broad). Plants from farther west are very confusing; specimens showing the typical morphology of <i>R. flammula</i> in the strict sense and R. reptans are found over a wide area, but most specimens from this area combine the characteristics of the two taxa in various ways. For this reason, it is not possible to separate these taxa at the species level. Three varieties are usually recognized, but further study will probably alter the varietal classification (see comments below, under <i>R. flammula </i>var.<i> ovalis</i>).</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems erect to prostrate; sepals 3–4 mm; petals 5–7 × 3–4 mm.
|[[Ranunculus flammula var. flammula|Ranunculus flammula var. flammula]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems prostrate or sometimes ascending; sepals 1–3 mm; petals 3–5 × 1–3 mm.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blades 0.2–0.8 cm wide.
|[[Ranunculus flammula var. ovalis|Ranunculus flammula var. ovalis]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blades 0.04–0.1 cm wide.
|[[Ranunculus flammula var. reptans|Ranunculus flammula var. reptans]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ranunculus flammula
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;N.S.;N.W.T.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Idaho;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;N.Dak.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;Nev.;Oreg.;Pa.;Utah;Vt.;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.;Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus
|section=Ranunculus sect. Flammula
|species=Ranunculus flammula
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