Ranunculus collinus

Stoloniferous perennial to c. 20 cm high. Leaves tufted at base; petioles 2–15 cm long; lamina 3-lobed, 3–40 mm long and wide, wholly glabrous or with scattered hairs, segments c. cuneate, variably toothed or the middle segment further lobed to c. midway. Flowering stems shortly exceeding leaves, 1(–2)-flowered; sepals 4–6, spreading, broadly elliptic to obovate, c. 3 mm long, pilose; petals 5–11, oblong to narrowly obovate, 5–10 mm long, 2–3 mm wide, yellow, glossy; nectary attached near base, lobe semicircular or crescentic, the lateral margins fused to petal and forming a small pouch, 0.2–0.5 mm long overall; stamens c. 25–40. Achenes 8–15, broadly ellipsoid, c. 2.5 mm long, usually with 2–3 oblique low ridges on each face; beak 0.5–1 mm long, recurved; receptacle sparsely hispid between achenes, glabrous or almost so in the staminal zone. Flowers Nov.–Jan.