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Ranunculus hyperboreus
Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb.
Arctic Buttercup, Far-northern Buttercup, High Northern Buttercup
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Synonym(s): Ranunculus hyperboreus ssp. arnellii, Ranunculus hyperboreus ssp. intertextus, Ranunculus hyperboreus var. intertextus, Ranunculus hyperboreus var. tuquetilianus, Ranunculus intertextus, Ranunculus natans var. intertextus
USDA Symbol: RAHY2
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N), GL (N)
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Herb
Fruit Type: Achene
Size Notes: Mat-forming or floating, up to about 2 inches tall.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: YellowBloom Time: Jun , Jul , Aug
Distribution
USA: AK , CO , ID , MT , NV , UT , WYCanada: AB , BC , MB , NL , NT , NU , ON , QC , SK , YT
Native Habitat: Floating in shallow water or stranded on exposed mud at margins of streams and ponds and open wet soil and marshes, in tundra or boreal or subalpine forests.
National Wetland Indicator Status
Region: | AGCP | AK | AW | CB | EMP | GP | HI | MW | NCNE | WMVE |
Status: | OBL | OBL | OBL | OBL |
Web Reference
Webref 3 - Flora of North America (2014) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.Webref 69 - Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (2011) NRC Research Press, National Research Council of Canada
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter
Additional resources
USDA: Find Ranunculus hyperboreus in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Ranunculus hyperboreus in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Ranunculus hyperboreus
Metadata
Record Modified: 2020-11-12Research By: CBR