Common name:
Creeping buttercup
Family:
Scientific name:
Ranunculus repens
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the UK
Height:
Up to 50 cm; a creeping plant, rooting at the leaf nodes
Habitat:
Grassland, lawns, gardens
Flowers:
Five deep yellow petals, shiny on the upper surfaces, up to 15 mm long, and five spreading sepals, on top of grooved, lightly hairy stems, Sepals are around half the length of the petals, much narrower, and sparsely hairy underneath
Leaves:
Trifoliate; middle lobe is the largest, and attached by a relatively long stalk. Each leaflet is divided into shallow lobes
Season:
May to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
