2. (noun) hairy buttercup, Ranunculus reflexus, Ranunculus hirtus - a slender branching pilose (covered with fine soft hairs) perennial herb growing up to 60 cm. It has small yellow buttercup type flowers in November to January. Its fruiting heads are small, partly ball shaped, achenes glab and hooked. Grows in lowland to sub-alpine areas and in various habitats from forests to rocky places in the North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands.