| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus pygmaeus Wahlenb. |
| Synonyms | Ranunculus areolatus Petrie |
| Ranunculus baerianus Bogusl. | |
| Ranunculus tappeineri Bamb, | |
| Habitat | snow patches |
| Altitude | 0-4000m |
| Description | leaves glabrous, the basal petiolate, subreniform, minute, pinnate, segments 3-5, obovate, entire, stem leaf single, tripartite, shortly petiolate, flowers solitary, 7-11mm |
| Size | 3-5cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring, 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 , Iceland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe Southeastern Europe (Italy ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Buryatiya , Chita , Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Sakhalin ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Utah) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | RANUNCULACEAE
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