Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Ranunculus spitsbergensis (Nath.) Hadač |
Bibliography | Skr. Svalbard Nordishavet 87: 36 (1944) |
Native Range | Subarctic |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | stems thin, pale green, leaves pinnatipartite, ultimate segments narrow, flowers 15-20mm, petals narrowly lanceolate R. lapponicus x R. pallasii |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | greenish white |
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 | Coptidium x spitsbergense (Nath.) Luferov & Prob. Ranunculus pallasii var. spitsbergense Nath. |
Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (SVA Svalbard) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (NUN Nunavut) 72 Eastern Canada (QUE Québec) |