- Common Name - creeping buttercup
- Botanical Name - Ranunculus reptans
- Family - Ranunculaceae
- Bud - basal
- Stem/Bark - green
- Leaf - compound, white spots on leaf, ovate shape, acute apex, auriculate base, pinnately lobed margins
- Flower - solitary flower, yellow. showy, June - August
- Fruit - achene, green, October - November
- Habit - horizontal
- Form - creeping/mat like
- Size - 0.1 - 0.2 m
- Culture - deep shade, wet soil
- Use - invasive, attracts bees
You have a confusion here between Creeping SPEARWORT, Ranunculus REPTANS (upper picture) and Creeping BUTTERCUP, Ranunculus REPENS (lower picture, and decription).
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