BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Ranunculus flammula L. (Lesser Spearwort)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #microphotos
Ranunculus flammula Nail varnish peels of leaf surfaces 19 April 2006 Berks England 6
Ranunculus flammula Plant with small flowers, late in season 16 September 2005 N. Hants England 2
Ranunculus flammula Plant 3 June 2001 Berks England 3
Ranunculus flammula Plant 22 July 1978 W. Sussex England 1
Ranunculus flammula Plant 26 June 1977 Surrey England 9
Ranunculus flammula Plant 7 July 1971 E. Sussex England 1

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos
Subspecies Ranunculus flammula ssp. flammula (Lesser Spearwort) 8

Suggested Literature

Ranunculus flammula may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Ranunculus
(buttercups and crowfoots)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Ranunculus flammula:

(live) live is parasitised by Peronospora ranunculi - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia magnusiana - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is parasitised by Erysiphe aquilegiae var. ranunculi - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, in small groups aecium Puccinia magnusiana - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes round yellowish spots]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza ranunculi - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [frass grains close together, often connected in strings or strips]
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Bagous brevis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Restricted Morris, M.G., 2002
Bullock, J.A., 1992
stem stem is grazed by larva Bagous brevis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Restricted Morris, M.G., 2002
Bullock, J.A., 1992

Ranunculus flammula may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
RANUNCULACEAE
(buttercups, crowfoots)
Ranunculus
(buttercups and crowfoots)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae