Ranunculus carsei Petrie

Perennial; rosettes tufted, on stout decumbent stolons. Basal lvs broadly ovate to triangular, truncate to shallowly cordate at base, usually 3-fid to about 1/2 way, 1-2-dentate, glabrous above, usually weakly hairy beneath and on petiole, (7)-10-20 × (7)-10-20 mm; cauline lvs opposite or in loose whorls, similar to basal but smaller and more rounded at base. Pedicels short at flowering, terete, sparsely hairy, elongating to (2)-3-8-(12) cm at fruiting. Fls 6-9 mm diam. Sepals spreading, sparsely hairy or almost glabrous. Petals (2)-5, yellow, obovate; nectary single, 1-1.5 mm from petal base, covered by a small triangular scale. Receptacle sparsely to moderately hairy. Achenes 10-30, slightly flattened, glabrous, sometimes purple-blotched; body 1.5-1.8 mm long; beak straight, c. 0.3 mm long.