Coptidium lapponicum

(L.) Tzvelev

Lapland buttercup

Ranunculaceae
Coptidium lapponicum
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Coptidium lapponicum
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Coptidium lapponicum
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(c) Dustin Snider, some rights reserved (CC BY)

What to Eat

The leaves and stems are stewed with duck or fish.

Where to Find It

It is a cool temperate plant.

Alaska, Asia, Mongolia, North America, USA,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Antigua & Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bahamas, Bhutan, Belize, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, St Kitts & Nevis, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, St Lucia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Mexico, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Nepal, Oman, Panama, Philippines, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, El Salvador, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, Taiwan, United States, Uzbekistan, St Vincent, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A cool temperate herb in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae).

Names & Synonyms
Anemone nudicaulis A. GrayCoptidium lapponicum Gand.Ranunculus altaicus Laxm.Ranunculus lapponicus L.Ranunculus sulphureus var. altaica (Laxm.) Trautv.
References (2)
  • Moerman, D. F., 2010, Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. p 468
  • Urgamal, M., Oyuntsetseg, B., Nyambayar, D. & Dulamsuren, Ch. 2014. Conspectus of the vascular plants of Mongolia. (Editors: Sanchir, Ch. & Jamsran, Ts.). Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. “Admon“ Press. 334pp. (p. 79-90).

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