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(First upload on August 31 2013. Last on August 6 2018) [ 日本語 | English ]

Ranunculus acris L.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Ranunculus L. (キンポウゲ)
Ranunculus acris L.
Common name: miyamakinpouge (ミヤマキンポウゲ, 深山金鳳花, s.l.), meadow buttercup
Lifeform: perennial alpine forb
Distribution: central and northern Japan (s.s.)
Habitat: grassland - wetland

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ssp. acris, the type
Distribution: between north Europe and Siberia
ssp. nipponicus (H. Hara) Hultén (ミヤマキンポウゲ, s.s.)
Distribution: Japan (north to central Honshu)
Habiat: moist grasslands in alpine zones
Synonyms:

Ranunculus acris L. var. monticola (Kitag.) Tamura
Ranunculus acris L. var. monticola (Kitag.) Tamura f. oreodoxa (Kitag.) Tamura
Ranunculus acris L. var. nipponicus H. Hara
Ranunculus acris L. var. subcorymbosus auct. non (Kom.) Tatewaki
Ranunculus acris L. subsp. novus (H. Lev. et Vaniot) Vorosch.
subvar. glabrescens (Toyok.) Tamura (ケナシミヤマキンポウゲ), when established

f. yuparensis (Miyabe ex Toyok.) Toyok. (コミヤマキンポウゲ)
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Ranunculus acris in Hokkaido


R. acris, s.l. (ミヤマキンポウゲ, s.l.)

Probably escaped from experimental fields here and there in Hokkaido University

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[1-5] in or adjacent to a meadow managed by the Faculty of Agriculture, HU, close to the Institute of Low Temperature Science (ILTS). [1/2] on June 4 2018. [3/4] on August 31 2009. When it is sunny, photo can not be taken well because of brilliant petals. [5] on July 23 2013. It was cloudy. [6] in front of Faculty of Health Sciences, HU, on June 16 2021. Records: at a hedge in front of the Kodomo-no-sono Preschool in the Hokkaido University, on June 3 2023.

ssp. nipponicus

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[1/2] subvar. glabrescens on a trail between Komadome Lake and Shirakaba Path, eastern Hokkaido, on June 27 2013.

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