Ranunculus nivalis

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 553. 1753.

Common names: Renoncule nivale
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Stems erect from short caudices, 4-22 cm, glabrous or sparsely pilose, each with 1 flower. Roots slender, 0.4-0.8 mm thick. Basal leaves persistent or deciduous, blades reniform, 3-parted, 0.6-2 × 1.3-3 cm, at least lateral segments again lobed or margins toothed, base truncate or cordate, apices of segments rounded-apiculate. Flowers: pedicels glabrous or brown-pilose; receptacle glabrous; sepals 6-8 × 3-5 mm, abaxially densely brown-hispid; petals 5 (-6), 8-11 × 7-12 mm; nectary scale glabrous. Heads of achenes cylindric or ovoid-cylindric, 7-14 × 5-6 mm; achenes 1.5-2.2 × 1.2-1.6 mm, glabrous; beak slender, straight, 1-2 mm. 2n = 48.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Aug).
Habitat: Wet or dry alpine meadows, often around late snowbeds, cliffs, and streamsides
Elevation: 0-1300 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.W.T., Que., Yukon, Alaska, Eurasia

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Ranunculus nivalis"
not prolonged +
asymmetrically thick-lenticular +  and compressed-globose +
1.2-2 times as wide as thick +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
1.2mm;1.6mm +
rounded-apiculate +
Alan T. Whittemore +
Linnaeus +
deciduous +  and persistent +
cordate +  and truncate +
Ranunculus sect. Marsypadenium +
straight +
slender +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
3-parted;reniform +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
large +  and small +
globose;cylindric +
sometimes;sessile;nearly sessile +
Renoncule nivale +
1-50-flowered +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.W.T. +, Que. +, Yukon +, Alaska +  and Eurasia +
0-1300 m +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
sessile +  and aggregate +
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
Wet or dry alpine meadows, often around late snowbeds, cliffs, and streamsides +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
ovoid-cylindric;cylindric +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
reniform +  and linear +
compound +  and simple +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
parted +  and lobed +
palmate +  and pinnate +
inconspicuous +
brown-pilose +  and glabrous +
distinct +
8mm;11mm +
conspicuous +
linear +  and orbiculate +
reduced +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Aug). +
4 +  and 250 +
slender +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
not arillate +  and stalked +
again +  and undivided +
white;yellow;white;yellow;purple;sometimes;green +
deciduous +
distinct +
brown-hispid +
oblong +  and elliptic ovate or lanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
(5-)10-many +
not bulbous-based +
pilose +  and glabrous +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (22 cm220 mm <br />0.22 m <br />) +
persistent +
Ranunculus nivalis +
Ranunculus sect. Epirotes +
species +
perennial +  and annual +
pubescent +, pilose +, sometimes +  and glabrous +
herbaceous +  and woody +