Ranunculus glacialis; The Glacier Buttercup is typically a mountain plant growing on higher altitudes (on Iceland above 600m). The flowers are large, much larger than other similar mountain plants. The flowers (corolla) are white to reddish with a green heart (carpels). Under the white corolla the calyx is downy with red hairs.
It is a member of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae).
Text & Photographs by Dick Vuijk
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