| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus pygmaeus Wahlenb. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Lapp.: 157 (1812) |
| Native Range | Subarctic Eurasia, European Mountains, Subarctic America to n. Utah |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Altitude | 0-4000m |
| Description | leaves glabrous, the basal petiolate, subreniform, minute, pinnate, segments 3-5, obovate, entire, stem leaf single, tripartite, shortly petiolate, flowers solitary, 7-11mm |
| Size | 3-5cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring, 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 areolatus Petrie Ranunculus baerianus Boguslaw Ranunculus pygmaeus var. kamtschaticus Regel Ranunculus pygmaeus var. langeanus Nath. Ranunculus pygmaeus var. petiolulatus Fernald Ranunculus pygmaeus var. typicus L.D.Benson Ranunculus tappeineri Bamb. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 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) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |