PLANTS Profile for Ranunculus hyperboreus (high northern buttercup)

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Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb.
high northern buttercup

Symbol:

RAHY2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

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Line Drawing of Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 105. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb.

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Synonyms:
Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb.

	RAHYA	Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb. ssp. arnellii Scheutz
	RAHYI	Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb. ssp. intertextus (Greene) Kapoor & Á. Löve & D. Löve
	RAHYI2	Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb. var. intertextus (Greene) B. Boivin
	RAHYT	Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb. var. tuquetilianus Polunin p.p.
	RAIN2	Ranunculus intertextus Greene
	RANAI	Ranunculus natans C.A. Mey. var. intertextus (Greene) L.D. Benson

Distribution:
Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb.


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USA (AK, CO, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb.

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 93 species in Ranunculus

Classification:
Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus	Ranunculus L. – buttercup
Species	Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb. – high northern buttercup

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Ranunculus natans var. intertextus: