Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Oxygraphis shaftoana Aitch. & Hemsl. |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 149 (1882) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Afghanistan and n. Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 3300-4300m |
Description | glabrous, leaves only basal, shortly petiolate, carnose, orbiculate, segments 3, obovate-cuneate, entire or lobate, flowers solitary, large, petals abaxially red, obovate |
Size | 12-15cm |
Color | 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 | Ranunculus shaftoanus (Aitch. & Hemsl.) A.Gray |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |