| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus aleae Willk. |
| Bibliography | Linnaea 30: 84 (1859) |
| Native Range | Hungary to Medit. and n. Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Description | leaves adpressed hirsute, the basal in outline orbiculate, palmatisect, segments 5, rhombic, tripartite, crenate, stem leaves sessile, linear, acute, flowers 1-3, ca. 2cm across |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | golden yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuberous perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division of resting tubers |
| Synonyms | Ranunculus adscendens Brot. Ranunculus anemonerhizos Coincy Ranunculus bipinnatus Pau & Font Quer Ranunculus broteri Freyn Ranunculus bulbosus ssp. adscendens (Brot.) Neves Ranunculus bulbosus var. adscendens (Brot.) Q.J.P.Silva Ranunculus bulbosus ssp. aleae (Willk.) Rouy & Foucaud Ranunculus bulbosus var. aleae (Willk.) Burnat Ranunculus bulbosus var. anemonerhizos (Coincy) Coincy Ranunculus bulbosus var. apiifolius Pau & Font Quer Ranunculus bulbosus ssp. broteri (Freyn) Vasc. Ranunculus bulbosus var. corsicus Briq. Ranunculus bulbosus var. dentatus Freyn Ranunculus bulbosus ssp. gallecicus (Freyn ex Willk.) P.W.Ball & Heywood Ranunculus bulbosus var. gallecicus (Freyn ex Willk.) G.López Ranunculus bulbosus var. giganteus Ball Ranunculus bulbosus var. glabrescens Maire Ranunculus bulbosus var. hirtus Briq. Ranunculus bulbosus var. hispanicus Freyn Ranunculus bulbosus var. leiopodus Briq. Ranunculus bulbosus var. meridionalis Levier ex Malinv. Ranunculus bulbosus var. pomelianus Maire Ranunculus bulbosus var. pseudoaleae P.Fourn. Ranunculus bulbosus var. radicosus Maire Ranunculus castellanus var. macrocarpus Freyn Ranunculus gallecicus Freyn ex Willk. Ranunculus occidentalis Freyn Ranunculus palustris L. ex Sm. Ranunculus palustris var. oreintalis DC. Ranunculus repentifolius Pau |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (HUN Hungary) 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, MOR Morocco) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |