| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus tanguticus (Maxim.) Ovcz. |
| Bibliography | Fl. URSS [V.L.Komarov, ed.] 7: 392 (1937) |
| Native Range | China to Nepal |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2200-4200m |
| Description | stems finely sericeous-hirsute, basal leaves petiolate, bi-or tri pinnatisect, ultimate segments linear, stem leaves sessile, palmati-3-5-partite, flowers 2-3, terminal, 1-2cm |
| Size | 5-25cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer, autumn |
| 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 affinis var. tanguticus Maxim. Ranunculus affinis var. ternatus Franch. Ranunculus brotherusii var. tanguticus (Maxim.) Tamura Ranunculus tanguticus var. xinglongshanicum Z.X.Peng & Y.J.Zhang |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |