| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus brotherusii Freyn |
| Bibliography | Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 885 (1898) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to China and Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2100-5000m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, tripartite to trisect, orbiculate-ovate, middle segment cuneate, trilobate or entire and oblong, flowers solitary, 6-13mm across, sepals whitish pubescent |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| 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. dasycarpus Maxim. Ranunculus brotherusii var. dasycarpus (Maxim.) Hand.-Mazz. Ranunculus brotherusii ssp. latisectus Riedl Ranunculus irenchabirgae Regel ex Ovcz. Ranunculus tanguticus var. dasycarpus (Maxim.) L.Liu |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |