Common Name: smallflower buttercup, crowfoot, smooth-leaved crowfoot, kidney-leaved buttercupScientific Name: Ranunculus abortivus L.Family Name: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative winter annual, biennial or short-lived perennial, reproducing by seed Stemsupright, simple or sometimes multiple from base, branch above, smooth and hairless, sometimes pubescent, hollow Leavesalternate, basal leaves round to heart or kidney-shaped with scalloped margins on long petioles, stem leaves deeply divided into 3 - 5 lobes and sessile, lobes narrowly oblong and toothed, all leaves bright green Flowers5-petaled, pale yellow, somewhat inconspicuous, petal shorter than sepals, sepals down-turned; terminal, solitary on long stalks