| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus alpestris L. |
| Synonyms | Ranunculus traunfellnerii Hoppe |
| Ranunculus wolfianus Chenevard | |
| Habitat | snow patches |
| 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 | 3-15cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | ind |
| Type | tuft |
| 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 |
| Territory |
Europe
Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
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| Comments | RANUNCULACEAE
alpestris leroyi M.Laínz, Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 38(2): 470 (1982)
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