| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus inamoenus Greene |
| Synonyms | Ranunculus alpeophilus A.Nelson |
| Ranunculus calthiflorus Greene | |
| Ranunculus utahensis Rydb. | |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2000-3700m |
| Description | basal leaves long petiolate, ca. 4cm long, broadly obovate, crenate, shallowly trilobate, flowers 5-13, sepals 5, patent, petals 2-8mm or absent |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
| Territory |
Northern America
Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Saskatchewan ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Washington , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (Nebraska , South Dakota ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | RANUNCULACEAE
inamoenus subaffinis (A.Gray) L.D.Benson, Amer. J. Bot. 27: 187 (1940)
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