Ranunculus repens

Common Name: 
creeping buttercup
Scientific Name: 
Ranunculus repens L.
Family Name: 
Ranunculaceae - Buttercup Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle
introduced perennial, reproducing by seed and stolons
Stems
prostrate and creeping, rooting at nodes and forming large patches, flowering stems upright, branched, grooved and usually hairy
Stems of Creeping Buttercup
Stems of Creeping Buttercup
Stems of Creeping Buttercup
Stems of Creeping Buttercup
Stems of Creeping Buttercup
Stems of Creeping Buttercup
Stems of Creeping Buttercup
Leaves
alternate, dark green with whitish mottled markings, hairy, divided into 3 segments, end segment stalked, side segments short or not stalked, segments deeply lobed and toothed, long petioled below sessile above, upper leaves narrow and usually unlobed
Leaves of Creeping Buttercup
Leaves of Creeping Buttercup
Leaves of Creeping Buttercup
Flowers
5- to 7-petaled, bright yellow; terminal, solitary on upright stem
Flowers of Creeping Buttercup
Flowers of Creeping Buttercup
Flowers of Creeping Buttercup