greater creeping spearwort
Ranunculus flammula
RHS Plants for Pollinators
USDA zones4 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles moist to wet soil
Size12 to 24 inches tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Green.
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Greater creeping spearwort (Ranunculus flammula) is a perennial for pollinator gardens, low maintenance beds, and meadows. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full sun to part shade and moist to wet soil of most types. Yellow flowers open from early to late summer and again in early autumn, and bees visit the blooms. It sits low on the menu for deer. It grows 12 to 24 inches tall and wide.
Pairs well with Swamp milkweed, Culver’s root, and Switchgrass.
Native range
North America, Europe, Central Asia, Africa, and 12 more places. See all 16
North America, Europe, Central Asia, Africa, Altay, Azores, Corse, Føroyar, Madeira, NW. Balkan Pen., New Hampshire, Prince Edward I., Québec, Sardegna, Sicilia, and Türkiye.