| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus platypetalus (Hand.-Mazz.) Hand.-Mazz. |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3800-4100m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, tripartite, pentagonal, 5-14mm, glabrous or sparsely ciliate, middle segment obovate, trilobate, flowers solitary, 1-2cm, sepals long elliptic, glabrous |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| 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 |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | RANUNCULACEAE
platypetalus macranthus W.T.Wang, Bull. Bot. Res. Harbin 16(2): 161 (1996)
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