Common name:
Hairy buttercup
Family:
Scientific name:
Ranunculus sardous
Main flower color:
Range:
Commonest in Wales and southern England, progressively rarer further north, and absent from Ireland
Height:
Up to 40 cm
Habitat:
Damp grassland, especially coastal
Flowers:
Up to 25 mm in diameter, with five pale yellow petals and five hairy, reflexed sepals, on grooved, (usually) hairy stalks
Leaves:
Deeply divided into three broad lobes, themselves shallowly lobed
Season:
May to October
Rarity:
★★★★★
