| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus pegaeus Hand.-Mazz. |
| Bibliography | Acta Horti Gothob. 13: 141 (1939) |
| Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3400-4500m |
| Description | stoloniferous, leaves petiolate, trisect, pentagonal, glabrous, middle segment rhombic or oblong, entire, flowers solitary, 5-7mm across, sepals glabrous, petals elliptic |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | 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 |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |