Ranunculus plebeius R.Br. ex Dc.

Tufted perennial; roots fibrous. Most leaves basal; petioles 3–28 cm long, with long spreading hairs; lamina ovate to deltate, 1–7 cm long, usually trifoliolate, with short usually appressed hairs; leaflets ovate, ternately lobed, with acute teeth; upper stem-leaves grading to the sessile, entire or dentate bracts. Flowering stems 2–16-flowered, 8–80 cm high, pilose below, appressed-hairy above. Sepals 5, reflexed, ovate to elliptic, 2.5–5 mm long, hirsute below. Petals 5, ± obovate, 5–10 mm long, golden-yellow; nectary near petal-base, with lobe 0.6–1.3 mm long, rounded, free for most of its length. Stamens 9–25. Pistils 25–60. Receptacle glabrous in stamen zone, sparingly hirsute above. Achenes lenticular, obovate to obovate-cuneate, 1.8–2.8 mm long, smooth; marginal rib sometimes with a line of subappressed hairs; beak slender, 0.7–1 mm long, strongly recurved.

Grows in damp and shady places in forests, often along creeks, mostly below 100 m alt.