Ranunculus lapponicus

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 553. 1753.

Common names: Renoncule de Lapponie
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

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.
... more about "Ranunculus lapponicus"
oblong-lenticular +
1.9-2.6 times as wide as thick +
0.38 cm3.8 mm <br />0.0038 m <br /> (0.42 cm4.2 mm <br />0.0042 m <br />) +
2mm;2.2mm +
rounded +
Alan T. Whittemore +
Linnaeus +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (4.3 cm43 mm <br />0.043 m <br />) +
cuneate +, truncate +  and cordate +
Undefined subg. Ranunculus +
persistent +
lanceolate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
3-parted +
large +  and small +
globose;cylindric +
Renoncule de Lapponie +
2-50-flowered +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Maine +, Mich. +, Minn. +  and Eurasia +
0-900 m +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
sessile +  and aggregate +
cylindric;obovoid;cylindric;obovoid;globose;lenticular;discoid +
Boggy places and lakesides in tundra, muskeg, and boreal forest +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
hemispheric +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
reniform +  and linear +
petiolate +  and simple +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
parted +  and lobed +
palmate +  and pinnate +
distinct +
conspicuous +
linear +  and orbiculate +
reduced +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Jul). +
4 +  and 250 +
not arillate +  and stalked +
1×cleft +  and undivided +
lobed +  and toothed +
white;yellow;white;yellow;purple;sometimes;green +
deciduous +
distinct +
reflexed +  and spreading +
oblong +  and elliptic ovate or lanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
(5-)10-many +
not bulbous-based +  and rooting +
persistent +
Ranunculus lapponicus +
Ranunculus subg. Coptidium +
species +
hooked +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.24 cm2.4 mm <br />0.0024 m <br />) +
perennial +  and annual +
herbaceous +  and woody +