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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-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect or ascending from short caudices, 0.6-3.5 cm (sometimes longer in fruit), each with 1-2 flowers. <b>Roots</b> slender, 0.1-0.6 mm thick. <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. <b>Flowers</b>: pedicels glabrous or pubescent; receptacle glabrous; sepals 2-4 × 1.2-1.6 mm, abaxially sparsely hairy, hairs colorless; petals 5, 1.2-3.5 × 1.1-2.8 mm; nectary scale glabrous. <b>Heads</b> of achenes nearly globose to cylindric, 2.5-7 × 2.5-5 mm; achenes 1-1.2 × 0.8-1.1 mm, glabrous; 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=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_185.xml
|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus
|section=Ranunculus sect. Epirotes
|species=Ranunculus pygmaeus
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