Ranunculus penicillatus subsp. pseudofluitans

A perennial water-crowfoot with long, submerged capillary leaves, but no floating laminar leaves. It grows in swiftly flowing water such as rivers, streams and, under some circumstances, in canals. Distinguishing it from Ranunculus penicillatus ssp. penicillatus is difficult, but distinct forms of it have shorter more rigid capillary leaves and smaller flowers than that subspecies. Nevertheless there is some overlap between both in these features and there is a good argument for combining records for both, as in the BSBI Atlas. Of the two, records for Ranunculus penicillatus ssp. pseudofluitans are more reliable in West Glamorgan. There are convincing specimens in a swiftly flowing part of the Neath Canal near Abergarwed in the Vale of Neath and in the River Afan near Pontrhydyfen.

Native