Creeping Buttercup, Creeping Spearwort, Greater Creeping Spearwort, Lesser Spearwort, Spearwort: Ranunculus flammula var. ovalis (Synonyms: Ranunculus filiformis var. ovalis, Ranunculus flammula var. samolifolius, Ranunculus reptans var. ovalis)

These photographs show close-up views of the flower of creeping buttercup as seen in a ditch along Kreps Lane in Conboy NWR at the southeastern base of Mt Adams.........June 3, 2007.

Creeping spearwort observed along the Willard Springs Trail in wetlands which had been disturbed several years prior so that there was some exposed soil rather than masses of reed canary grass. Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge.......May 15, 2020.

Creeping buttercup as seen in a moist swale along the Willard Springs Trail, Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge.......August 26, 2018.

The photograph shows a close-up of the long-petioled basal leaves of creeping buttercup as seen in a ditch along Kreps Lane in Conboy NWR at the southeastern base of Mt Adams.........June 3, 2007. The decumbent stem (seen at lower left) roots at each node that touches the ground as seen above.

The photo above shows a short section of creeping buttercup as seen in a ditch along Kreps Lane in Conboy NWR at the southeastern base of Mt Adams........June 3, 2007.