| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus altaicus Laxm. |
| Bibliography | Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 18: 533 (1774) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to Russian Far East |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Description | basal leaves numerous, long petiolate, orbiculate-ovate, at apex obtusely dentate, stem leaves 1-2, sessile, pinnate, flowers solitary, terminal, 2-4cm, petals 5-10, emarginate |
| Size | 3-25cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained 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 nivalis ssp. altaicus (Laxm.) Vorosch. Ranunculus sulphureus var. altaicus (Laxm.) Trautv. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |