Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
That's lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria), which I what I took your
description to refer to. (It's not particularly dandelion-like, except
in the way that Japanese anemones have similar flowers to Cosmos, but I
think I can see what you're seeing as a resemblance.)

It's yellow and on a stalk. ;-)

It's similar to how I differentiate between types of car.