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Ranunculus lapponicus

Lapland buttercup, renoncule de lapponie
Stems

prostrate, buried, rooting nodally, glabrous, not bulbous-based.
Basal leaf

blades reniform, deeply 3-parted, 1.1-2.6 × 1.6-4.3 cm, segments undivided or 1x 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.
Tuberous

roots absent.
2n

= 16.

Ranunculus lapponicus
Phenology Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Jul).
Habitat Boggy places and lakesides in tundra, muskeg, and boreal forest
Elevation 0-900 m (0-3000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; ME; MI; MN; AB; BC; MB; NB; NF; NT; ON; QC; SK; YT; Greenland; Eurasia
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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).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus > subg. Coptidium
Sibling taxa
R. abortivus, R. acriformis, R. acris, R. adoneus, R. alismifolius, R. allegheniensis, R. allenii, R. ambigens, R. andersonii, R. aquatilis, R. arizonicus, R. arvensis, R. auricomus, R. austro-oreganus, R. bonariensis, R. bulbosus, R. californicus, R. canus, R. cardiophyllus, R. cooleyae, R. cymbalaria, R. eschscholtzii, R. fascicularis, R. fasciculatus, R. ficaria, R. flabellaris, R. flammula, R. gelidus, R. glaberrimus, R. glacialis, R. gmelinii, R. gormanii, R. harveyi, R. hebecarpus, R. hederaceus, R. hispidus, R. hydrocharoides, R. hyperboreus, R. hystriculus, R. inamoenus, R. jovis, R. kamtschaticus, R. laxicaulis, R. lobbii, R. macauleyi, R. macounii, R. macranthus, R. marginatus, R. micranthus, R. muricatus, R. nivalis, R. occidentalis, R. oresterus, R. orthorhynchus, R. pacificus, R. pallasii, R. parviflorus, R. pedatifidus, R. pensylvanicus, R. platensis, R. populago, R. pusillus, R. pygmaeus, R. ranunculinus, R. recurvatus, R. repens, R. rhomboideus, R. sabinei, R. sardous, R. sceleratus, R. sulphureus, R. testiculatus, R. trilobus, R. triternatus, R. turneri, R. uncinatus
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 553. (1753)
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