yellow flower id please

[Naturenutz]

ill get the hang of these one day .my old book has something that looks similar called leapard's bane.

[Naturenutz]

just realised not enough petals for leapard's bane.although leaves were similar

[artdemole]

looks like lesser celandine

[Pete Collins]

That's Lesser Celandine, Naturenutz.

[Monkey Orchid]

Yep, Ranunculus ficaria.

aka Pilewort - people used to use the roots to make an ointment for piles. No idea if it's at all effective!

Lesser celandine is the same family as buttercups, marsh marigold etc.

N.B. the confusingly-named Greater celandine Chelidonium majus belongs to completely different botanical family, the Papaveraceae (poppies)!

[Jez]

Leopards Bane is somewhat like a yellow ox-eye daisy to look at! Or like a taller Doroncium to the cultivated varieties such as Little Leo sometimes supplied in gift pots along with Muscari around this time of year in the garden centres & Nurseries!

[Naturenutz]

thanks for all your useful info guys

[caernerch]

at last i didn't think i'd every get to tell someone where they could stick their I.D. without getting thrown off the site !
caernerch