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The Creeping spearwort (Ranunculus reptans) belongs to Ranunculaceae (the Buttercup family). It is a perennial herb that is native to eastern and south-western Hokkaido; the Yoich Mountains, Nikko and Oze in Honshu, Japan, as well as the northern Korean Peninsula, northern China and the subarctic region of Northern Hemispere. This herb grows in marshes around lakes and can reach about 5 cm in height. The stems are slender and creeping on the ground, and the leaves are filiform. The yellow flowers about 1 cm across bloom on the terminal apices from July to September. The flower has 5-9 petals. It is called "松葉毛茛" (song ye mao gen).
In Korean, it's called "ga-neu-nip-mi-na-ri-a-jae-bi" (가는잎미나리아재비). This is a compound word consisting of "narrow leaf" (ga-neu-nip: 가는잎) + "butter cup" (mi-na-ri-a-jae-bi: 미나리아재비).
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