Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb.

High northern buttercup (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus

Characteristics

Stems prostrate, glabrous, rooting nodally. Leaves: basal leaves absent, cauline leaf blades reniform to broadly flabellate, deeply 3-lobed or 3-parted, 0.3-1.2 × 0.5-2.1 cm, base obtuse to cordate, lobes undivided or lateral lobes cleft, terminal segment entire or distally crenulate, apex rounded. Flowers: receptacle glabrous; sepals 3-4, spreading or reflexed from base, 2-4 × 1-3 mm, glabrous; petals 3-4, 2-4 × 1-3 mm; nectary on petal surface, scale poorly developed and forming crescent-shaped ridge surrounding but not covering nectary; style 0.1-0.2 mm. Heads of achenes globose or short-ovoid, 3-5 × 2-5 mm; achenes 1-1.4 × 0.8-1.2 mm, glabrous; beak linear, curved, 0.1-0.4 mm. 2 n = 32.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system creeping-root
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-8
Soil humidity 7-10
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity 3-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Headache (unspecified), Tattoo (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Ranunculus hyperboreus unspecified picture

Distribution

Ranunculus hyperboreus world distribution map, present in Canada, Finland, Greenland, India, Liberia, Norway, Nepal, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Sweden, and United States of America

Conservation status

Ranunculus hyperboreus threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:712943-1
WFO ID wfo-0000461067
COL ID 4RGLD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Ranunculus forskoehlii Ranunculus hyperboreus Ranunculus intertextus Ranunculus multifidus Ranunculus radicans var. multifidus Ranunculus purshii var. multifidus Ranunculus hyperboreus var. multifidus Ranunculus natans var. intertextus Ranunculus hyperboreus subsp. hyperboreus Ranunculus hyperboreus var. turquetilianus Ranunculus hyperboreus var. hyperboreus Ranunculus hyperboreus var. samojedorum Ranunculus hyperboreus var. tricrenatus Ranunculus hyperboreus subsp. samojedorum Ranunculus hyperboreus subsp. intertextus Ranunculus hyperboreus var. intertextus