| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus nivalis L. |
| Synonyms | Ranunculus cuneatus Sommerf. |
| Ranunculus frigidus Willd. | |
| Ranunculus jacquinii Schimp. & Spenn. | |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | arctic-alpine |
| Description | basal leaves more or less reniform, deeply lobate, flowers solitary, ca. 15mm across, sepals brown hirsute |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | rich yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| 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 |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Kuril Is. , Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Québec) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | RANUNCULACEAE
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