A plant related to the buttercup, with sap that is particularly poisonous to livestock — Lesser spearwort (Ranunculus flammula) is commonly found in wet and marshy places throughout Great Britain, including ditches and alongside ponds and lakes. It is closely related to the buttercup, but has much narrower, spear-like leaves. The stems of lesser spearwort grow either upright or along the ground, and when the…
