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|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-d0_s0" data-properties="stem orientation;stem some measurement;stem pubescence;stem pubescence;caudex height or length or size;flower quantity"><b>Stems </b>erect from short caudices, 4-22 cm, glabrous or sparsely pilose, each with 1 flower.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root size;root thickness"><b>Roots </b>slender, 0.4-0.8 mm thick.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="basal leaf duration;basal leaf duration;blade shape;blade shape;blade length;blade width;segment position;segment shape;margin shape;base shape;base shape;apex architecture or shape"><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.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="pedicel pubescence;pedicel pubescence"><b>Flowers:</b> pedicels glabrous or brown-pilose;</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">sepals 6-8 × 3-5 mm, abaxially densely brown-hispid;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="petal atypical quantity;petal quantity;petal length;petal width">petals 5 (-6), 8-11 × 7-12 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 length;head width"><b>Heads </b>of achenes cylindric or ovoid-cylindric, 7-14 × 5-6 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="achene length;achene width;achene pubescence">achenes 1.5-2.2 × 1.2-1.6 mm, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="beak size;beak course;beak some measurement;2n chromosome quantity">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.;N.W.T.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Eurasia
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ranunculus nivalis
|author=
|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.;N.W.T.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Eurasia
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V3/V3_22.xml
|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus
|section=Ranunculus sect. Epirotes
|species=Ranunculus nivalis
|2n chromosome quantity=48
|achene length=1.5mm;2.2mm
|achene pubescence=glabrous
|achene width=1.2mm;1.6mm
|apex architecture or shape=rounded-apiculate
|basal leaf duration=deciduous;persistent
|base shape=cordate;truncate
|beak course=straight
|beak size=slender
|beak some measurement=1mm;2mm
|blade length=0.6cm;2cm
|blade shape=3-parted;reniform
|blade width=1.3cm;3cm
|caudex height or length or size=short
|flower quantity=1
|head length=7mm;14mm
|head shape=ovoid-cylindric;cylindric
|head width=5mm;6mm
|margin shape=toothed
|nectary scale pubescence=glabrous
|pedicel pubescence=brown-pilose;glabrous
|petal atypical quantity=5;6
|petal length=8mm;11mm
|petal quantity=5
|petal width=7mm;12mm
|receptacle pubescence=glabrous
|root size=slender
|root thickness=0.4mm;0.8mm
|segment position=lateral
|segment shape=lobed
|sepal length=6mm;8mm
|sepal pubescence=brown-hispid
|sepal width=3mm;5mm
|stem orientation=erect
|stem pubescence=pilose;glabrous
|stem some measurement=4cm;22cm
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