Small-flowered Buttercup is a native woodland and meadow perennial with delicate yellow flowers appearing in spring. It has three-lobed leaves near the base and smaller upper leaves along slender stems. It grows naturally in moist forests, stream edges, floodplains, and shaded meadows. It prefers moist, fertile soils but can tolerate average garden conditions. Its subtle flowers make it best suited to naturalistic gardens rather than formal flower borders. Allow it to naturalize rather than trying to maintain as a specimen plant. It goes dormant after flowering in some conditions.