| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus alpestris L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 553 (1753) |
| Native Range | Mountains of c. & s. Europe |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 500-2700m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves shiny, dark green, basal leaves in outline oval, 5-lobate, long petiolate, stem leaves sessile, with three linear lobes, flowers ca. 2cm across, calyx glabrous |
| Size | 5-12cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | ind |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
| Synonyms | Hecatonia alpestris Schur Leuconoe alpestris Fourr. Leuconoe magellensis Fourr. Ranunculus alpestris f. ambiguus Bolzon Ranunculus alpestris var. ambiguus Rouy & Foucaud Ranunculus alpestris f. nanus Bolzon Ranunculus wolfianus Chenevard |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) |
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