Common name:
Goldilocks buttercup
Family:
Scientific name:
Ranunculus auricomus
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the UK, though often only locally common
Height:
Up to 30 cm
Habitat:
Damp, ancient woodland, often calcareous soils
Flowers:
Up to 25 mm across, with five rounded, obovate petals (one of which may be missing, or imperfect) and five shorter, narrow, pale green sepals; attached by smooth, hairless stalks, and produced singly or in small, open clusters
Leaves:
Basal leaves are divided nearly to the base into obovate leaflets, coarsely toothed along the margin, while stem leaves are divided into much longer, narrower lobes. Leaves and stem are hairless
Season:
April to May
Rarity:
★★★★★
