Ranunculus pallasii Schlecht.

Stems creeping or floating, rooting nodally, glabrous, not bulbous-based. Tuberous roots absent. Basal leaf blades linear to obovate, undivided or 3-lobed, 1.5-3.6 × 0.3-2 cm, lobes lanceolate or elliptic, margins entire, apex rounded to acuminate. Flowers: receptacle glabrous; sepals spreading, 6-10 × 4-7 mm, glabrous; petals 7-11, white or pink, 8-13 × 3-6 mm. Heads of achenes globose or hemispheric, 5-12 × 9-15 mm; achenes 4.2-5.2 × 2.4-3.2 mm, glabrous; beak persistent, lanceolate, straight or curved, 1-1.2 mm. 2 n = 32.

Boggy tundra, lake shores, ox-bows, pools and boggy places in the polar and arctic zone. Shallow water of bogs and pools in muskeg and tundra from sea level to 700 metres.

The young tender shoots are cooked and eaten. They become tough if cooked too much. It has a peppery flavour and is eaten with seal oil. The young roots are eaten before the leaves develop. Caution: As it has a chemical called anemenol, it needs to be cooked before eating.

Can be grown by seedlings.