EcoFlora - Ranunculus pusillus var. pusillus

Ranunculus pusillus var. pusillus
Family: Ranunculaceae Low Spearwort	Indiana Flora Resources From Flora of Indiana (1940) by Charles C. Deam [Deam divides this complex into two species: R. pusillus sensu stricto and R. oblongifolius. His R. pusillus is a glabrous plant with smaller flowers. Ranunculus pusillus sensu stricto] was reported from Knox County by Spillman. I found a large colony of it in a low woods about a mile east of Palmyra in Harrison County, and it is a common plant surrounding a pond of about 2 acres nearly 2 miles southeast of Palmyra. It has also been found by Edna Banta in Jefferson County. [Regarding the more robust form, R. oblongifolius, Deam says:] I found this species to be frequent in a low, open woods in the Hunley Bottoms about a mile northeast of Huntingburg in Dubois County, and in three widely separated places in Posey County where it was common in hard, white clay soil in very wet, fallow fields. Winona Welch collected it in Graebert's woods about 8 miles southwest of Mt. Vernon in Posey County, and Edna Banta found it in the "flats" in Jefferson County. …… Indiana Coefficient of Conservatism: C = 9 Wetland Indicator Status: OBL
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