Buttercup

Botanical name: Ranunculus repens

Common names: Creeping buttercup

Characteristics

• Herbaceous perennial plant, 50 cm tall
• Leaves: simple or lanceolate. Both stems and leaves have fine hairs.
• Flowers: Golden yellow, shiny flowers, 2-3 cm diameter, 5 petals
• Poisonous. When dried with hay the poison is lost.

Location

Smallholding and Poet’s path (stone wall)