Ranunculus glacialis
Ranunculus glacialis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Plantae |
Diveesion: | Magnoliophyta |
Cless: | Magnoliopsida |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Faimily: | Ranunculaceae |
Genus: | Ranunculus |
Species: | R. glacialis |
Binomial name | |
Ranunculus glacialis |
Ranunculus glacialis, the glacier crowfoot or glacier buttercup, is a plant o the faimily Ranunculaceae.
Distribution eedit
Ranunculus glacialis is an arctic-alpine species, foond in the heich muntains o soothren Europe (Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, Sierra Nevada) as well as on the Scandinavie peninsula, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Jan Mayen, Svalbard an eastren Greenland.
It is bi mony accoonts the heichest ascendin plant in the Alps, flouerin at ower 4,000 m.
Subspecies eedit
A subspecies, Ranunculus glacialis subsp. chamissonis, is foond on either side o the Bering Strait in Siberie, Roushie an Alaska, U.S..
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References eedit
- ↑ Ranunculus glacialis, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Profile, 10 September 2013