| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus glacialis L. |
| Synonyms | Beckwithia glacialis (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve |
| Oxygraphis glacialis (L.) Dalla Torre | |
| Oxygraphis vulgaris Freyn | |
| Habitat | snow patches |
| Altitude | 0-4200m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves thick, trifoliolate, leaflets shortly petiolate, triangulary dentate, upper leaves linear, flowers 25-40mm across, calyx densely purple-brown hirsute |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | white |
| 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 , Fřroyar , Iceland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Italy , Romania ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Northern America Subarctic America (Greenland) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | RANUNCULACEAE
glacialis camissonis (Schltdl.) Hultén, Acta Univ. Lund 2. 40(1): 753 (1944)
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