| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus altaicus Laxm. |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
| Description | basal leaves numerous, long petiolate, orbiculate-ovate, at apex obtusely dentate, stem leaves 1-2, sessile, pinnate, flowers solitary, terminal, 2-4cm, petals 5-10, emarginate |
| Size | 3-25cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan ) China (Xinjiang ) Mongolia |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | RANUNCULACEAE
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