Dwarf buttercup

Description

"Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: entire plant esp. leaves Tufted, stoloniferous perennial with fibrous roots, to c. 8 cm high. Leaves glabrous or with scattered fine, spreading hairs; petioles 5–8 cm long; lamina deltoid to ovate in outline, c. 1–2 cm long and wide, pinnate, the lobes usually again divided, ultimate segments linear, 0.5–2 mm wide. Flowering stems ascending to erect, sub-equal to leaves, 1-flowered; sepals 5(–6), spreading, elliptic to ovate, 2–5 mm long, glabrous or sparsely hairy; petals 5 (rarely more), obovate, 3–8 mm long, 2–5 mm wide, white, cream or yellow, dull or glossy; nectary a minute pit, lobeless or with a minute triangular lobe to c. 0.5 mm long; stamens 8–35. Achenes c. 10–20, ovate to obovate, lenticular, 2–2.5 mm long, smooth on sides; beak c. 1 mm long, usually slightly curved; receptacle hispid between achenes, glabrous in the staminal zone. Flowers Nov.–Feb.