Plant ID please... weed or ?

[MayflowerMaisie]

Hoping someone could help me with a plant ID.
I have masses of this stuff in the photo.
Have used an app... it could be a type of ranunculus, so could be beautiful... or could just be a huge number of buttercups!

Buttercup is a ranunculus - I think you'll need to wait for it to flower to know if it's the wild type or a cultivated one.

Fingers crossed!
I’m hoping for something pink!

Looks like creeping buttercup to me. Definitely a weed.

Yep definitely looks like buttercup to me... complete pain and overtakes everything. You have to really dig the roots out but keeps coming back in my borders...and grass edges. Will be a nice surprise if it's actually some kind of nice flower instead!

I think we ‘re going to have a fun weekend ahead of us trying to get it all dug up.

Buttercups are pretty!
I’d leave it myself

Creeping buttercup. I allow some to remain under my wild hedge as a compromise. ( Same goes for celandines, bluebells, herb Robert and cow parsley).

Also agree it looks like creeping buttercup. I've allowed it to remain in certain sections of the garden as it's quite pretty, resilient and gives good ground cover but I'm pretty brutal with it to make sure it doesn't take over, as it's definitely the kind of plant you "give an inch and it will take a mile"

Creeping buttercup - note the white markings on the leaves, and in particular note the way the top lobe of the leaf is separated from the bottom part by a short stalk - this feature allows you to distinguish between creeping buttercup and meadow buttercup when they're not in flower.