View source for Ranunculus nivalis

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Ranunculus nivalis
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 553. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Renoncule nivale
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus;Ranunculus sect. Epirotes;Ranunculus nivalis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ranunculaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ranunculus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Ranunculus sect. Epirotes]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ranunculus nivalis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect from short caudices, 4-22 cm, glabrous or sparsely pilose, each with 1 flower. <b>Roots</b> slender, 0.4-0.8 mm thick. <b>Basal</b> leaves persistent or deciduous, blades reniform, 3-parted, 0.6-2 × 1.3-3 cm, at least lateral segments again lobed or margins toothed, base truncate or cordate, apices of segments rounded-apiculate. <b>Flowers</b>: pedicels glabrous or brown-pilose; receptacle glabrous; sepals 6-8 × 3-5 mm, abaxially densely brown-hispid; petals 5(-6), 8-11 × 7-12 mm; nectary scale glabrous. <b>Heads</b> of achenes cylindric or ovoid-cylindric, 7-14 × 5-6 mm; achenes 1.5-2.2 × 1.2-1.6 mm, glabrous; beak slender, straight, 1-2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 48.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Aug).
|habitat=Wet or dry alpine meadows, often around late snowbeds, cliffs, and streamsides
|elevation=0-1300 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);N.W.T.;Nunavut;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Eurasia.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ranunculus nivalis
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Aug).
|habitat=Wet or dry alpine meadows, often around late snowbeds, cliffs, and streamsides
|elevation=0-1300 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);N.W.T.;Nunavut;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_22.xml
|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus
|section=Ranunculus sect. Epirotes
|species=Ranunculus nivalis
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