Creeping Buttercup is an aggressive spreading plant due to its creeping runners. The flowers are glossy yellow, but unlike the Bulbous Buttercup the sepals (beneath the petals) are not down-turned and unlike the Meadow Buttercup the stalks are furrowed.

Very common everywhere from late spring to mid autumn, found in a variety of habitats from grassland to damp woodlands, waysides and waste ground, and beside rivers and streams. It is also the most likely buttercup to be found growing as a garden weed.