Ranunculus

Distribution: N Italy; limestone soil, northern slopes.

 

Perennial 10-15 cm tall. Stem erect. Leaves in rosette, ovate or rounded, crenate. Flowers solitary or 2-3, white, petals 2-lobed. Fl. V-VI.

Distribution: E Alps, Apennines, E Carpathians, Balkan Peninsula, 1700-2400 m; rocks, damp places.

 

Tufted perennial 10-15 cm tall. Blades of basal leaves rounded, crenate, rarely something 3-lobed. Flowers solitary or 2, 20-25 mm diameter, white. Fl. V-VI.

Distribution: N Europe, south from Sierra Nevada, Through Pyrenees to Alps; moist, acid screes, stony streamsides.

Perennial 10-15 cm tall. Basal leaves rounded, trisect, cut into several lobes. Flowers 1-3, 20-30 mm across, white to pale pink. Fl. V-VI.

Distribution: Pyrenees, rarely Alps; limestone rocks.

 

Perennial up to 20 cm tall in bloom. Basal leaves ovate-cordate, entire, leathery, blue-green. Flowers solitary at apex, 20-30 mm diameter, white, V-VI.

Distribution: Pyrenees, mountains of N Spain, Alps, Corsica; wet grassland.

Perennial up to 15 cm tall. Leaves linear. Flowers solitary or to 10, ca. 20 mm across, white. Fl. V-VI.

Distribution: from Pyrenees to Balkan Peninsula; limestone screes, deep meadows.

 

Perennial up to 5-15 cm tall. Basal leaves leathery, blades with 3-5 segments, each segment divided. Flowers solitary on in pairs, 20-25 mm diameter, white, V-VI.