Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Ivy-leaved Crowfoot Ranunculus hederaceus Néal uisce eidhneach Family: Ranunculaceae Flowering: March-August. Aquatic annual or perennial. Native Small white flowers (4-7mm diameter), the sepals not reflexed and slightly shorter than petals. Hairless young fruits. The long-stalked leaves are all laminar with 5 short, rounded lobes, broadest at base, and sometimes a dark blotch. No incisions between lobes. Roots at intervals from nodes. Frequent except in parts of central Ireland in wet mud or shallow water Similar: Round-leaved Crowfoot, Ranunculus omiophyllus

Ivy-leaved Crowfoot, Ranunculus hederaceus, Néal uisce eidhneach