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Baldellia ranunculoides subsp. ranunculoides (L.) Parl.

upright lesser water-plantain (Alismataceae)

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Baldellia ranunculoides has white, 3-parted flowers with rounded clusters of carpels (achenes), like a water-crowfoot; most others in the family have their carpels in a single whorl.

Brockenhurst (VC11: South Hampshire); 2018-09-06

 upright lesser water-plantain / Baldellia ranunculoides subsp. ranunculoides: _Baldellia ranunculoides_ has white, 3-parted flowers with rounded clusters of carpels (achenes), like a water-crowfoot; most others in the family have their carpels in a single whorl.

Baldellia ranunculoides subsp. ranunculoides has smaller flowers and larger fruiting heads than the rarer B. ranunculoides subsp. repens, with the flower width : fruit width ratio around 2, rather than 3–4.

Brockenhurst (VC11: South Hampshire); 2018-09-06

 upright lesser water-plantain / Baldellia ranunculoides subsp. ranunculoides: _Baldellia ranunculoides_ subsp. _ranunculoides_ has smaller flowers and larger fruiting heads than the rarer _B. ranunculoides_ subsp. _repens_, with the flower width : fruit width ratio around 2, rather than 3–4.

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