Ranunculus pimpinellifolius

Tufted perennial with fibrous to subfleshy roots. Leaves mostly basal; petioles 2–12 cm long, with fine spreading hairs; lamina ovate to oblong in outline, 1–5 cm long, sparsely to rather densely covered with fine spreading hairs, pinnately divided into 3–7 segments, the segments usually 3-lobed or with conspicuous rounded teeth. Flowering stems erect or spreading, shorter or longer than leaves, with spreading and/or appressed hairs, simple or sometimes branched with up to 5 flowers; sepals 5, spreading, ovate, 3–6 mm long, hairy on back; petals 5 (rarely more), narrowly obovate to ovate, 4–9 mm long, 1.5–4 mm wide, yellow, glossy; nectary lobe triangular or rounded, obtuse or emarginate, thickish, c. 0.5 mm long; stamens 20–35. Achenes usually 10–40, c. elliptic, 2–3 mm long, flatfish, smooth on sides; beak weakly curved, c. 1 mm long, usually with a short apical hook; receptacle hispid between achenes, glabrous to hispid in the staminal zone. Flowers Nov.–Jan.