Ranunculus pusillus

ClassificationDicots
FamilyRanunculaceae
Family (Traditional)Ranunculaceae
GenusRanunculus
Species:Ranunculus pusillus Poir.
Common NameLow Spearwort
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Achene; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Placentation Type: Basal; Placentation Type: Marginal; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 6
StatusNative; AGCP (FACW), EMP (OBL) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S4S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Ballard (KY), Barren (KY), Bullitt (KY), Christian (KY), Clinton (KY), Hardin (KY), Hart (KY), Hickman (KY), Laurel (KY), Livingston (KY), Logan (KY), McCracken (KY), McLean (KY), Marshall (KY), Metcalfe (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Benton (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Cocke (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Dyer (TN), Fayette (TN), Franklin (TN), Gibson (TN), Giles (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardeman (TN), Hardin (TN), Haywood (TN), Henderson (TN), Henry (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Lauderdale (TN), McNairy (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Obion (TN), Roane (TN), Robertson (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Stewart (TN), Tipton (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, HTTU, KNK, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1950 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100612561 Marshall Kentucky 30 Apr 1973 Raymond Athey
2255
EKY
Ranunculus pusillus
31234100612546 Ballard Kentucky 25 Apr 1971 Raymond Athey
1305
EKY
Ranunculus pusillus
31234100228277 Clinton Kentucky 15 Apr 2000 Mark A. Gorton
00-78
EKY
Ranunculus pusillus
31234100612579 Rockcastle Kentucky 17 May 1977 Richard H. Hannan
66
EKY
Ranunculus pusillus
BEREA019380 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Ranunculus pusillus
31973000017859 Clinton Kentucky
KNK
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099242 Henderson Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099232 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099253 Robertson Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099249 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099229 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099238 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099256 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099228 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099247 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099223 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099226 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099220 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099239 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099237 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099246 McNairy Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099987 Marshall Kentucky
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099234 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099240 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099245 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099236 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099251 Robertson Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099230 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099255 Robertson Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099254 Robertson Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099250 Robertson Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099988 McLean Kentucky
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099221 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099986 Ballard Kentucky
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099235 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099243 Henderson Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099997 Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099244 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099241 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099225 Dyer Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099227 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099222 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099231 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099224 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099233 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099257 Tipton Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099248 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099219 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
TENN-V-0099252 Robertson Tennessee
TENN
Ranunculus pusillus
UCHT012181 Robertson Tennessee
UCHT
Ranunculus pusillus
UCHT012183 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Ranunculus pusillus
UCHT012184 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Ranunculus pusillus
UCHT012185 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0005945 Trigg Kentucky 30 Apr 1987 Edward Chester
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0110016 Todd Kentucky 17 Apr 2019 Mason Brock
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0104541 Hickman Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0005950 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0005949 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0005954 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0005948 Robertson Tennessee 27 May 1950 Alfred Clebsch
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0070095 Bullitt Kentucky 20 May 1988 Max Medley
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0005951 Robertson Tennessee 21 Apr 1984 Edward Chester
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0054898 Logan Kentucky 01 May 2016 Mason Brock
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0104540 McCracken Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0099796 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0104543 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0005955 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0005943 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0005942 Trigg Kentucky 16 Jun 1966 William H. Ellis
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0005957 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0078407 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0077324 Hardin Kentucky 05 May 1991 Max Medley
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0056317 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0077341 Metcalfe Kentucky 08 May 1991 Max Medley
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0005946 Trigg Kentucky 16 May 1989
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0085924 Livingston Kentucky 25 Apr 1985 Max Medley
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0005952 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0005956 Franklin Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0077570 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0096996 Franklin Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0005953 Henry Tennessee 20 Apr 1990 Edward Chester
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0005947 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0005941 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0044566 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0005959 Christian Kentucky 09 May 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0005958 Christian Kentucky 25 Apr 1994 Sallie Noel
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0005944 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0104542 Ballard Kentucky
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0054964 Robertson Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0085443 Hardeman Tennessee
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
APSC0054927 Todd Kentucky 12 May 2016 Mason Brock
APSC
Ranunculus pusillus
HTTU031618 Cumberland Tennessee
HTTU
Ranunculus pusillus
MTSU004909 Coffee Tennessee 08 May 1996 Landon E. McKinney
MTSU
Ranunculus pusillus
MTSU004911 Rutherford Tennessee 09 Apr 1987 John Addison
MTSU
Ranunculus pusillus
UCHT035269 Franklin Tennessee
UCHT
Ranunculus pusillus
UOS05256 Coffee Tennessee 08 May 1996 Landon E. McKinney
UOS
Ranunculus pusillus
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