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Oxygraphis kamchatica (DC.) R.R.Stewart  
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FamilyRANUNCULACEAE
Genus speciesOxygraphis kamchatica (DC.) R.R.Stewart 
BibliographyFl. W Pakistan Annot. Cat.: 268 (1972)
Native Rangee. Europe to Russian Far East and c. China, Aleutian Islands to sw. Alaska
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitattundra
Altitude0-5300m
Descriptionglabrous, leaves ovate to elliptic, 5-30mm, entire, obtuse, scape glabrous, flowers solitary, 15-30mm, sepals 5, coriaceous, glabrous, persistent, petals 12-19, oblong
Size5-10cm
Coloryellow
Bloomspring
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C
division in spring just as young growth commences
SynonymsCaltha camtschatica Spreng.
Caltha glacialis (Fisch. ex DC.) Spreng.
Caltha kamchatica (DC.) Spreng.
Ficaria glacialis Fisch. ex DC.
Oxygraphis glacialis (Fisch. ex DC.) Bunge
Ranunculus camtschaticus Steud.
Ranunculus kamchaticus DC.
Ranunculus dodecapetalus Stephan ex Ledeb.
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia)
     31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan)
     36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai)
     37 Mongolia
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska)
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