| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb. |
| Synonyms | Ranunculus ammannii Gunnerus |
| Ranunculus intertextus Greene | |
| Ranunculus sibiricus Spreng. | |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | 0-3400m |
| Description | stoloniferous, leaves orbiculate or reniform, at base cuneate, 3-7-lobate or -sect, flowers small, solitary, revolute, petals obovate, scarcely exceeding sepals |
| Size | 3-7cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | carpet |
| 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 , Iceland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Sakhalin ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Assam , East Himalaya , Nepal , Pakistan , West Himalaya ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Ontario , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Nevada , Utah) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | RANUNCULACEAE
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