Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Ranunculus sabinei R.Br. |
Bibliography | Chlor. Melvill.: 6 (1823) |
Native Range | n. Siberia to n. Russian Far East, n. Subarctic America, Greenland |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | basal leaves broadly obovate, trilobate or tripartite, segments again pinnate or entire, sepals hirsute, flowers 1-3, pentamerous, petals 5-8mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Ranunculus pygmaeus ssp. sabinei (R.Br.) Hultén Ranunculus pygmaeus var. sabinei (R.Br.) K.C.Davis Ranunculus sabinei var. majusculus Tolm. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories) |