Lesser water plaintain

Description

Baldellia ranunculoides is an aquatic plant which produced erect flowering stems that rise up to 10 centimetres (4 in) above the water surface. Each flower stalk bears one or two umbels of up to five flowers each, and often only a single flower. Each flower is 10-15 millimetres (0.4-0.6 in) in diameter, and has three petals. When not in flower, B. ranunculoides can be mistaken for lesser spearwort, Ranunculus flammula, which grows in similar locations.