| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus alaiensis Ostenf. |
| Bibliography | Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjobenhavn 1901: 314 (1902) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to ne. & e. Afghanistan and n. Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Altitude | 2400-4100m |
| Description | glabrous, lower leaves long petiolate, broadly ovate or suborbiculate, remotely dentate or subentire, flowers solitary, sepals broadly ovate, petals 5 |
| Size | 4-10cm |
| Color | golden-yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
| Synonyms | Oxygraphis subintegra Riedl Ranunculus flexicaulis Kom. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |