| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus glacialis L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 553 (1753) |
| Native Range | Subarctic and Subalpine Europe to e. Greenland |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 0-4600m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves thick, trifoliolate, leaflets shortly petiolate, triangulary dentate, upper leaves linear, flowers 25-40mm across, calyx densely purple-brown hirsute |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | 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 | Beckwithia glacialis (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Hecatonia glacialis (L.) Schur Oxygraphis glacialis (L.) Dalla Torre Oxygraphis vulgaris Freyn Ranunculus crithmifolius Nyman Ranunculus eriocalyx Scheele Ranunculus glacialis var. crithmifolius Rchb. Ranunculus glacialis f. crithmifolius (Rchb.) Bolzon Ranunculus glacialis var. gelidus Hoffm. ex Rchb. Ranunculus glacialis var. holosericeus Gaudin Ranunculus glacialis var. minimus Gaudin Ranunculus glacialis var. uniflorus Wahlenb. Ranunculus roseus Hegetschw. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, ROM Romania) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland) |