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Ranunculus (pygmaeus)

Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
seedlings.uidaho.com
Family Scientific Name: Ranunculaceae
Family Common Name: Buttercup family
Scientific Name: Ranunculus pygmaeus Wahlenb.
Common Name: Pygmy buttercup
Species Code: RANPYG
General Distribution: R. pygmaeus is is a circumpolar species found south in North America to Montana, Wyoming and Colorado at high elevations.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Inferred seed dormancy is morpho-physiological dormancy.
References: Eurola, S. (1972). Germination of seeds collected in Spitsbergen. Ann. Bot. Fennici 9, 149-159.
Table 10.35 In: Baskin, C.J. and Baskin, J.M. Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography and Evolution in Dormancy and Germination, Academic Press, 1998. Chapter 10: A Geographical Perspective on Germination Ecology: Temperate and Arctic Zones, pages 331 to 458.

Citation:

Baskin, Jerry M.; Baskin, Carol C.. 2002. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Ranunculus pygmaeus Wahlenb. plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2025/02/24). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.