| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus lapponicus L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 553 (1753) |
| Native Range | Subarctic to nc. & ne USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | basal leaves cuneate or suborbiculate, only at apex incised, stem leaves palmatipinnate, segments oblong, entire, flowers 1-2 |
| 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 | Anemone nudicaulis A.Gray Coptidium lapponicum L.) Gand. ex Rydb. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (MIN Minnesota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, MIC Michigan) |