| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus lapponicus L. |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | arctic-alpine |
| Description | basal leaves cuneate or suborbiculate, only at apex incised, stem leaves palmatipinnate, segments oblong, entire, flowers 1-2 |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| 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 (East European Russia , North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , New Brunswick , Newfoundland , Ontario , Québec ) North-Central U.S.A. (Minnesota , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Maine , Michigan) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | RANUNCULACEAE
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