Ploidy levels recorded 2N-12N. Distribution. Arctic, or boreal. Range in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago limited. Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon. Ecology and habitat.
Flowers are sweetly-scented.
Starving individuals among western Eskimo groups ate the soaked plant of Ranunculus lapponicus as a dietary aid before consuming other food. Herbarium specimen . A.E. Porsild, and A.J. Breitung, 9575. Herbarium specimen . Fruiting head with numerous achene.