| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus nivalis L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 553 (1753) |
| Native Range | Subarctic |
| Primary Biome | Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Description | basal leaves more or less reniform, deeply lobate, flowers solitary, ca. 15mm across, sepals brown hirsute |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | rich yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 aleuticus Mert. Ranunculus alpestris Pall. Ranunculus cuneatus Sommerf. Ranunculus frigidus Willd. Ranunculus jacquinii Schimp. & Spenn. Ranunculus lapponicus Oeder Ranunculus nivalis var. gracilis Kuvaev Ranunculus nivalis f. subglobosus Polunin |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, QUE Québec) |