| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus yaoanus W.T.Wang |
| Bibliography | Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 15: 278 (1995) |
| Native Range | se. Tibet |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | alluvial gravel |
| Altitude | 3600-3700m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, ternate, pentagonal, 1-2cm, glabrous, middle segment broadly rhombic, tripartite, segments oblanceolate, flowers solitary, 15mm across, sepals strigose |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |