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|accepted_name=Ranunculus pygmaeus
|accepted_authority=Wahlenberg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Lapp.,
|place=157. 1812
|year=1812
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Variety
|authority=Nathorst
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|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus;Ranunculus sect. Epirotes;Ranunculus pygmaeus
|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 pygmaeus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem some measurement;caudex height or length or size;flower quantity"><b>Stems </b>erect or ascending from short caudices, 0.6-3.5 cm (sometimes longer in fruit), each with 1-2 flowers.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root size;root thickness"><b>Roots </b>slender, 0.1-0.6 mm thick.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="basal leaf duration;blade shape;blade arrangement or shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade length;blade width;segment position;segment shape;base shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape"><b>Basal </b>leaves persistent, blades reniform to transversely elliptic or semicircular, 3-parted or divided, 0.45-0.9 × 0.6-1.3 cm, at least lateral segments again lobed, base truncate or nearly cordate, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="pedicel pubescence;pedicel pubescence"><b>Flowers:</b> pedicels glabrous or pubescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="receptacle pubescence">receptacle glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="sepal length;sepal width;sepal pubescence;hair coloration">sepals 2-4 × 1.2-1.6 mm, abaxially sparsely hairy, hairs colorless;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="petal quantity;petal length;petal width">petals 5, 1.2-3.5 × 1.1-2.8 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="nectary scale pubescence">nectary scale glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="head shape;head shape;head shape;head length;head width"><b>Heads </b>of achenes nearly globose to cylindric, 2.5-7 × 2.5-5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="achene length;achene width;achene pubescence">achenes 1-1.2 × 0.8-1.1 mm, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="beak shape;beak course;beak course;beak some measurement;2n chromosome quantity">beak subulate, straight or curved, 0.3-0.7 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer (Jul–Sep).
|habitat=Arctic and alpine meadows and slopes, usually around persistent snow patches
|elevation=0-4000 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Nfld.;N.W.T.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Utah;Wyo.;Europe (Spitsbergen)
|discussion=<p>Ranunculus pygmaeus var. langeana has been described as having deeply divided basal leaves and strongly elongate heads of achenes (at least 5 mm). These characteristics are not well correlated with one another, however, and the variety does not seem natural.</p>
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name=Ranunculus pygmaeus
|author=
|authority=Wahlenberg
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Variety
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer (Jul–Sep).
|habitat=Arctic and alpine meadows and slopes, usually around persistent snow patches
|elevation=0-4000 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Nfld.;N.W.T.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Utah;Wyo.;Europe (Spitsbergen)
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Lapp.,
|publication year=1812
|special status=
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|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus
|section=Ranunculus sect. Epirotes
|species=Ranunculus pygmaeus
|2n chromosome quantity=16
|achene length=1mm;1.2mm
|achene pubescence=glabrous
|achene width=0.8mm;1.1mm
|apex shape=rounded;obtuse
|basal leaf duration=persistent
|base shape=cordate;truncate
|beak course=curved;straight
|beak shape=subulate
|beak some measurement=0.3mm;0.7mm
|blade arrangement or shape=elliptic
|blade length=0.45cm;0.9cm
|blade shape=divided;3-parted;semicircular;reniform to transversely
|blade width=0.6cm;1.3cm
|caudex height or length or size=short
|flower quantity=1;2
|hair coloration=colorless
|head length=2.5mm;7mm
|head shape=nearly globose;cylindric
|head width=2.5mm;5mm
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|nectary scale pubescence=glabrous
|pedicel pubescence=pubescent;glabrous
|petal length=1.2mm;3.5mm
|petal quantity=5
|petal width=1.1mm;2.8mm
|receptacle pubescence=glabrous
|root size=slender
|root thickness=0.1mm;0.6mm
|segment position=lateral
|segment shape=lobed
|sepal length=2mm;4mm
|sepal pubescence=hairy
|sepal width=1.2mm;1.6mm
|stem orientation=ascending;erect
|stem some measurement=0.6cm;3.5cm
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