Baldellia ranunculoides (L.) Parl.

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Family: ALISMATACEAE

Genus: Baldellia

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hydrophyte.

Habitats: Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Marshes and torrents.

Characteristics: An aquatic plant, roots in the sediment of ponds and torrents, with its leaves and inflorescences emerging above the surface. The leaves are petiolate, with an ovate limb with a very attenuate base. The inflorescences have flowers with rose coloured petals. Flowers at the end of spring.