Ranunculus glacialis L.

Glacier buttercup (en), Ranuncule des glaciers (fr), Renoncule des glaciers (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus

Characteristics

Stems erect or ascending from caudices, not rooting nodally, distally glabrous or brown-pilose, not bulbous-based. Tuberous roots absent. Basal leaf blades reniform to broadly triangular in outline, 3-foliolate or deeply 3-parted, 1-4 × 1.6-4.4 cm, leaflets or segments 1-2×-parted, ultimate segments elliptic to oblanceolate or almost linear, margins entire or occasionally with 1-2 teeth, apex rounded to obtuse. Flowers: receptacle glabrous or brown-pilose; sepals spreading, 7-12 × 4-9 mm, brown-pilose; petals initially white, usually becoming red with age, 9-15 × 7-14(-18) mm. Fruiting heads hemispheric, 5-8 × 7-16 mm; fruit wall smooth, not veined, loose but not inflated, winged along suture, fruits winged achenes; achenes 2.6-3 × 1.4-2 mm, glabrous; beak persistent, lanceolate, 0.8-2.3 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.07 - 0.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity toxic (whole)
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 14 - 16
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Ranunculus glacialis habit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-sa)
Ranunculus glacialis habit picture by genevieve salvin (cc-by-sa)
Ranunculus glacialis habit picture by Nicolas Lagarrigue (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Ranunculus glacialis leaf picture by Guy DR (cc-by-sa)
Ranunculus glacialis leaf picture by Markus Nestmeyer (cc-by-sa)
Ranunculus glacialis leaf picture by Bubz Pinson (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Ranunculus glacialis flower picture by Alain Lagrave (cc-by-sa)
Ranunculus glacialis flower picture by Ryser Lorenz (cc-by-sa)
Ranunculus glacialis flower picture by magali Fuchs (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ranunculus glacialis world distribution map, present in Andorra, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sweden, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:217323-2
WFO ID wfo-0000461034
COL ID 78SSF
BDTFX ID 55036
INPN ID 117043
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Beckwithia glacialis Oxygraphis vulgaris Ranunculus roseus Oxygraphis gelida Hecatonia glacialis Ranunculus eriocalyx Oxygraphis glacialis Ranunculus glacialis var. crithmifolius Ranunculus glacialis

Lower taxons

Beckwithia glacialis subsp. chamissonis Ranunculus glacialis subsp. camissonis