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Bulbous Buttercup - Ranunculus bulbosus
Also known as - St Anthony's turnip

This plant is poisonous.

Height up to 40cm (16in). Widespread and often abundant tuft forming hairy perennial, favouring dry grassland including chalk downs. Leaves divided into three lobes, each of which is stalked. The deep yellow - orange flowers are 20-30mm (0.75-1.25in) across and appear May-August, The sepals are folded back down the stalk.

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