Cotyledons
Round to oval, stalked

Roots
Tall: Coarse fibrous
Creeping: Fibrous, rooting at nodes

Stem
Clustered, branched, hairy
Creeping: prostrate
Tall: erect

True Leaves
Long-stalked, alternate, soft
Hairy on both sides of leaf
Creeping: stalked with 3-lobed leaf blade
Tall: stalked with 5-lobed leaf blade

Flowers
Bright yellow overlapping petals, numerous

Habitat
Damp fields, low ground,
meadows, some cultivated fields