| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Paraquilegia caespitosa (Boiss. & Hohen.) J.R.Drumm. & Hutch. |
| Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1920: 158 (1920) |
| Native Range | n. Iran to Xinjiang and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2000-3300m |
| Description | leaves ternate, grey-green, leaflets broadly obovate, tripartite or trisect, segments oblong, entire, scapes densely glandular strigose, flowers 25-30mm, sepals oblong |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | purplish red, rose |
| Bloom | late spring |
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| 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 early spring |
| Synonyms | Isopyrum caespitosum Boiss. & Hohen., Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 8: 7 (1849) |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |
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