Common Name: tall buttercup, common buttercup, meadow buttercupScientific Name: Ranunculus acris L.Family Name: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed Stemsupright, branching, multiply from base, hairy, hollow Leavesalternate, round to kidney-shaped in outline, palmately lobed (3)5-7, lobes sessile and further divided into narrow lobes, long petioles, upper leaves less divided – often 3 and short stalked or sessile, soft hairs above and below Flowers5-petaled, golden yellow and glossy, petals overlapping, sepals spreading, long stalked; clusters terminal and axillary above