Creeping Buttercup - Ranunculus repens

Short to medium generally hairy plant with long creeping and rooting runners. Flowers golden yellow 20 to 30 mm in lax clusters, sepals erect.

Grassy habitats, especially on wet and heavy soils. Meadows, road verges, marshes, etc.

May to September.

Perennial.

Common throughout Britain.

Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 606 of the 617 tetrads.