| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus sulphureus Sol. |
| Bibliography | Voy. North Pole [C.J.Phipps]: 202 (1774) |
| Native Range | Subarctic to s. Siberia |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | basal leaves long petiolate, spathulate, 1-3cm, trifid, segments oblong, obtuse, glabrous, stem leaves cuneate, 3-5-partite, flowers solitary, terminal, 16-25mm, petals 5-6 |
| Size | 3-15cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | 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 altaicus ssp. sulphureus (Sol.) Kadota Ranunculus nivalis ssp. intercedens (Hultén) Vorosch. Ranunculus nivalis var. intercedens (Hultén) B.Boivin Ranunculus nivalis ssp. sulphureus (Sol.) Vorosch. Ranunculus nivalis var. sulphureus (Sol.) Wahlenb. Ranunculus sulphureus var. intercedens Hultén |
| 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 (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KUR Kuril Is.) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, QUE Québec) |