| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus fraternus Schrenk |
| Bibliography | Enum. Pl. Nov. 1: 103 (1841) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to w. Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2100-3300m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, orbiculate-ovate, 8-25mm long, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, orbiculate-dentate, ciliate, obtuse, flowers solitary, 15-28mm across, sepals brown strigose |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Ranunculus altaicus var. fraternus (Schrenk ) Trautv. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |