Adder's-tongue spearwort  (Ranunculus ophioglossifolius)

At present, this species is known from just two sites in the UK, Badgeworth and Inglestone Common, both in Gloucestershire (1). It has previously been recorded in another 2 sites in southern England (4). Elsewhere the species occurs widely throughout southern Europe, as well as in North Africa and western Asia (1).

Inhabits semi-permanent marshes and ponds which dry out in summer (1), and prospers at pond-edges where livestock have trampled the ground (2).