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Ranunculus nivealis
Snow Buttercup
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Photographer: Sharon Chester
ID: 0000 0000 0213 0562 (2013-02-05)Copyright © 2013 Sharon Chester
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date of photo Jul 1992
location
NE Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic (Nunavut, Ellesmere Island (Canadian Arctic Archipelago), Canada)family
Ranunculaceae
order
Ranunculales
plant community Arctic tundranotes Range: Circumpolar. Occurs in the arctic–alpine zones on tundra, alpine meadows, stream edge, near snowbeds; 0–4250 ft (0–1300 m). ID: Height 3–8 in (7.5–20 cm). Tufted. Smooth or pubescent, erect stems, each with a single flower. Leaves: Basal, persistent or deciduous, smooth, reniform, cleft into 3–5 lobes, side segments again lobed or with toothed margins; stem leaves 1–3, sessile. Flowers: yellow, with 5 petals and 5 smaller sepals covered with brown downy hairs; flowers variable in size. Blooms Jun-Aug. Fruit: Seedhead cylindrical, smooth. Achene beak slender, slightly curved. Poisonous sap!keywords: Ranunculus, Snow Buttercup
photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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Snow Buttercup (photographer)
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