Meadow Buttercup - Ranunculus acris
Description
Medium to tall plant usually hairy. Basal leaves deeply divided into 3 to 7 narrow wedge shaped segments, each toothed or lobed. Stem leaves similar but smaller. Flowers golden yellow 15 to 25 mm with erect sepals. Stalks beneath the flowers smooth and rounded, not ribbed, and is hollow.
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Habitat
Damp meadows and pastures various grassy places.
When to see it
April to September.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Very common throughout Britain.
VC55 Status
Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 594 of the 617 tetrads.
 Field by Stoney Bridge Sapcote SP 5033 9299 (taken 11.5.208).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote11 May 2008
Alan SemperHarby field05 June 2013
PhilipCrowfootWelbeck18 May 2014
Graham CalowField off Broughton Road, Cosby16 May 2016smooth rounded stem
Graham CalowField off Broughton Road, Cosby16 May 2016hollow stem
 Field by Stoney Bridge Sapcote SP 5033 9299 (taken 11.5.208).JPG)
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UK Map
 B4114 at bottom of Leicester Road Sapcote SP 5022 9300 (taken 9.5.2008).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote09 May 2008
David NichollsRatby Balancing Pond24 May 2014
David NichollsLea Meadows07 July 2011 in field near Donkey Lane (taken 11.5.2009).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote11 May 2009
HAPeacockGlen Hills14 June 2011
Alan SemperHarby churchyard28 May 2012
David NichollsRatby Village Pond05 May 2011
Ruth DringBroughton Astley27 August 2012
David NichollsBagworth Heath Woods16 May 2013
OrientalisMay Meadow02 June 2013
David GouldNarborough Bog, Leics21 May 2015
David GouldNarborough Bog, Leics21 May 2015
Paul RuddochRhubarb Island09 May 2015Double form
Paul RuddochRhubarb Island09 May 2015Double form
 B4114 at bottom of Leicester Road Sapcote SP 5022 9300 (taken 9.5.2008).JPG)
 in field near Donkey Lane (taken 11.5.2009).JPG)
