| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus sulphureus Sol. |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | arctic-subarctic |
| Description | basal leaves long petiolate, spathulate, 1-3cm, trifid, segments oblong, obtuse, glabrous, stem leaves cuneate, 3-5-partite, flowers solitary, terminal, 16-25mm, petals 5-6 |
| Size | 3-15cm |
| Color | 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 (East European Russia , North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Kuril Is. ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (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
ulphureus exaltatus Erst, Turczaninowia 10(2): 8 (2007)
sulphureus taimyrensis Kuvavev, Byull Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. 102(5): 71 (1997)
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