Tags: Flowering Plant.
Ranunculus lapponicus (the Lapland buttercup) is distributed all over the arctic with the exception of northern and eastern Greenland.It is a low prostrate plant with a creeping underground stem (rhizome) which sends out long stalks and shoots bearing the flowers. The leaves are deeply tripartite forming 3 lobes which are toothed or crenated. The flowers are yellow solitary generally having 6 (8) petals that are distinctly longer than the sepals.
