Ranunculus hyperboreus
Arctic Buttercup, Boreal Buttercup
Other regional names: Far Northern Buttercup +1 more
- Far Northern Buttercup
- High Northern Buttercup
Also known as: Ranunculus ammannii Gunnerus +16 more
- Ranunculus ammannii Gunnerus
- Ranunculus hederaceus Pall.
- Ranunculus hyperboreus f. fluitans Porsild
- Ranunculus hyperboreus f. integrescens Savile & Calder
- Ranunculus hyperboreus f. turquetilianus (Polunin) Savile & Calder
- Ranunculus hyperboreus subsp. arnellii Scheutz
- Ranunculus hyperboreus subsp. intertextus (Greene) B.M.Kapoor & Á.Löve
- Ranunculus hyperboreus subsp. samojedorum (Rupr.) Hultén
- Ranunculus hyperboreus subsp. samojedorum (Rupr.) Perf.
- Ranunculus hyperboreus subsp. tricrenatus (Rupr.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Ranunculus hyperboreus var. europaeus Ledeb.
- Ranunculus hyperboreus var. intertextus (Greene) B.Boivin
- Ranunculus hyperboreus var. orientalis Ledeb.
- Ranunculus hyperboreus var. samojedorum (Rupr.) Perfil.
- Ranunculus hyperboreus var. tricrenatus Rupr.
- Ranunculus hyperboreus var. turquetilianus Polunin
- Ranunculus intertextus Greene
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Ranunculaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a helophyte.
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Ranunculus hyperboreus (commonly known as Arctic buttercup or Boreal Buttercup) is an aquatic herbaceous perennial belonging to the Ranunculaceae family. Indigenous to Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Europe, and North America, this species is primarily associated with subalpine or subarctic conditions. The genus Ranunculus is notably large, comprising more than 1750 species.
Macro Climate
Cold
Plant Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Plant Type
Aquatic Plant
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Indian Subcontinent, Northern Europe, Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Siberia, Southwestern U.S.A., Subarctic America, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Amur, Assam, British Columbia, Colorado, East Himalaya, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Manitoba, Montana, Nepal, Nevada, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Pakistan, Québec, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Svalbard, Sweden, Utah, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yukon