Lesser Spearwort (Noun)
Meaning
Semiaquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears; naturalized in New Zealand.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- In some regions of New Zealand the lesser spearwort has become naturalized and spreads quickly through wetland areas.
- Lesser spearwort reproduces both by seeds and through stolons in its new naturalized habitats in New Zealand.
- Lesser spearwort typically thrives in wet environments that periodically dry up during summer months in Eurasia and New Zealand.
- Since becoming naturalized in New Zealand lesser spearwort attracts a variety of local and introduced animal species to its flowers.
- Lesser spearwort grows densely and can become invasive forming monocultural stands that exclude native New Zealand species of wetland plants.