familyRanunculaceae
genusRanunculus
subgenusRanunculus subg. Coptidium
speciesRanunculus lapponicus

Ranunculus lapponicus

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 553. 1753.

Alan T. Whittemore
Common names: Renoncule de Lapponie
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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Illustrator: John Myers

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Stems prostrate, buried, rooting nodally, glabrous, not bulbous-based. Tuberous roots absent. Basal leaf-blades reniform, deeply 3-parted, 1.1-2.6 × 1.6-4.3 cm, segments undivided or 1× cleft, margins crenate, apex rounded. Flowers: receptacle glabrous; sepals spreading or reflexed from base, 4-7 × 2-5 mm, glabrous; petals yellow, 5-6 × 2-3 mm. Heads of achenes hemispheric, 5-7 × 8-10 mm; achenes 3.8-4.2 × 2-2.2 mm, glabrous; beak persistent, lanceolate, curved, tip hooked, 1.6-2.4 mm. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Jul).
Habitat: Boggy places and lakesides in tundra, muskeg, and boreal forest
Elevation: 0-900 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.W.T., Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Maine, Mich., Minn., Eurasia

Discussion

Starving individuals among western Eskimo groups ate the soaked plant of Ranunculus lapponicus as a dietary aid before consuming other food (D. E. Moerman 1986).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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2n chromosome quantity
16 +
Achene body length
prolonged +
Achene body shape
oblong-lenticular +
Achene body width or width
1.9-2.6 times as wide as thick +
Achene length
0.38 cm3.8 mm <br />0.0038 m <br /> (0.42 cm4.2 mm <br />0.0042 m <br />) +
Achene pubescence
glabrous +
Achene width
2mm;2.2mm +
Anther dehiscence
dehiscing +
Apex shape
rounded +
Author
Alan T. Whittemore +
Authority
Linnaeus +
Band position
low +
Band pubescence or texture
corky +
Basal leaf-blade length
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
Basal leaf-blade shape
3-parted (Reniform) +
Basal leaf-blade width
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (4.3 cm43 mm <br />0.043 m <br />) +
Base shape
cuneate +, truncate +  and cordate +
Basionyms
Undefined subg. Ranunculus +
Beak course
curved +
Beak duration
persistent +
Beak height or length or size
much shorter +
Beak position or structure subtype
terminal +
Beak presence
absent +
Beak shape
lanceolate +
Beak some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
Blade length or size
long +
Blade shape
3-parted +
Bract architecture or shape
leaflike +
Bract presence
absent +
Bract size
large +  and small +
Bracteole architecture
sepaloid +
Bracteole presence
absent +
Capsule arrangement
aggregated +
Capsule shape
globose;cylindric +
Caudex architecture
tuberous +
Cauline leaf arrangement
alternate +
Common name
Renoncule de Lapponie +
Cyme architecture
2-50-flowered +
Cyme some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Distal appendage pubescence or texture
corky +
Distal leaf architecture
sessile +
Distribution
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Maine +, Mich. +, Minn. +  and Eurasia +
Elevation
0-900 m +
Embryo size
small +
Endosperm quantity
abundant +
Filament shape
filiform +
Flower architecture
pedicellate +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower architecture or shape
symmetric +
Flower prominence
showy +  and inconspicuous +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Fruit atypical quantity
5 (6) +
Fruit quantity
3;5 +
Fruits achene architecture
sessile +  and aggregate +
Fruits achene architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Fruits achene shape
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
Habitat
Boggy places and lakesides in tundra, muskeg, and boreal forest +
Head length
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Head shape
hemispheric +
Head width
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Inflorescence position
axillary +
Leaf-blade architecture
compound +
Leaf-blade architecture or shape
undivided +
Leaf-blade shape
reniform +  and linear +
Leaf architecture
petiolate +  and simple +
Leaf arrangement
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Leaf position
cauline +
Leaf shape
parted +  and lobed +
Margin architecture
palmate +  and pinnate +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin fusion
free +
Margin shape
crenate +
Nectary presence
absent +
Nectary scale fixation
attached +
Nectary scale pubescence
glabrous +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovule quantity
1 +
Perianth position
hypogynous +
Petal atypical quantity
22 (150) +
Petal coloration
yellow +
Petal fusion
distinct +
Petal length
5mm;6mm +
Petal prominence
conspicuous +
Petal quantity
5;8 +
Petal shape
linear +  and orbiculate +
Petal size
reduced +
Petal some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
Petal width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Petiole architecture or shape
sheathing +
Petiole presence
absent +
Phenology
Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Jul). +
Pistil architecture
simple +
Pistil quantity
4 +  and 250 +
Publication title
Sp. Pl. +
Publication year
1753 +
Receptacle pubescence
glabrous +
Reference
None +
Rhizome architecture
tuberous +
Root architecture
tuberous +
Root position
nodal +
Root presence
absent +
Seed architecture
not arillate +  and stalked +
Seed quantity
1;many +
Segment architecture or shape
1×cleft +  and undivided +
Segment shape
lobed +  and toothed +
Sepal architecture
petaloid +
Sepal architecture or shape
spurred +
Sepal arrangement
imbricate +
Sepal atypical quantity
6 (20) +
Sepal coloration
white;yellow;white;yellow;purple;sometimes;green +
Sepal duration
deciduous +
Sepal fusion
distinct +
Sepal length
? (?) +
Sepal orientation
reflexed +  and spreading +
Sepal pubescence
glabrous +
Sepal quantity
3 +
Sepal shape
oblong +  and elliptic ovate or lanceolate +
Sepal some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Sepal width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Side architecture
veined +
Side quantity
3 +
Source xml
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Special status
Illustrated +
Stamen fusion
distinct +
Stamen quantity
(5-)10-many +
Staminode presence
absent +
Stem-base architecture
bulbous +
Stem architecture
not bulbous-based +  and rooting +
Stem growth form or orientation
prostrate +
Stem location
buried +
Stem pubescence
glabrous +
Stipule presence
absent +
Stolon architecture
tuberous +
Style duration
persistent +
Style presence
absent +
Taxon family
Ranunculaceae +
Taxon name
Ranunculus lapponicus +
Taxon parent
Ranunculus subg. Coptidium +
Taxon rank
species +
Tip shape
hooked +
Tip some measurement
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.24 cm2.4 mm <br />0.0024 m <br />) +
Volume
Volume 3 +
Wall architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Wall width
thick +
Whole organism architecture
rhizomatous +
Whole organism duration
perennial +  and annual +
Whole organism growth form
plant +
Whole organism position
low +
Whole organism pubescence
glabrous +
Whole organism texture
herbaceous +  and woody +
X chromosome quantity
8 +  and 7 +