[5] Ranunculus fluitans has no floating leaves, instead it has long and narrow, tassel-like segments.

[4] It was formally described by the French naturalist and botanist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in his book 'Flore françoise' Vol.3 on page 184 in 1779.

[1] It can be found in North Macedonia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, southern Sweden, France, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Spain and Italy.

[1] It grows in fast flowing waters of the UK, within England, Scotland and Wales.

[1] William Barnes (1801–1886) an English writer, poet and Church of England priest, referred to the plant in his poem 'The Water Crowfoot'.