Ranunculus glacialis is a species in the Ranunculus genus. This name is accepted name for the species in the family Ranunculaceae subfamily Ranunculoideae, tribe Ranunculeae, . This species is found in Alaska, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Italy, Magadan, North European Russi, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland.