Scientific name: Ranunculus repens L.
Common name: Creeping Buttercup
Description
Habit: A hairy perennial, to 60 cm high.
Stems: Flowering stems erect and ridged; strongly spreading with creeping stems, rooting at the nodes.
Leaves: Spirally appearing alternately arranged or basal, usually without stipules; basal leaves long stalked, triangular in outline, 3-lobed, coarsely toothed; upper leaves less coarsely toothed.
Flowers: Yellow, actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, 2-3 cm across; perianth with 2 whorls; sepals 5, free, yellowish, hairy spreading horizontally; petals 5, yellow; stamens numerous, indefinite and free; ovary superior.
Fruits: A cluster of achenes, about 2-4 mm, hairless, with short and curved beak.
Habitat: Roadsides, ditches, marshes, damp grassland and as a weed in cultivated fields.Distribution: Abundant throughout, except very dry limestone areas.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No