Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Ranunculus karakoramicola Tamura |
Bibliography | Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 16: 169 (1956) |
Native Range | Pakistan to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-3800m |
Description | stems basally glabrous, apically hirsute, basal leaves petiolate, orbiculate-reniform, tripartite, middle segment cuneate, apically irregularly dentate, flowers solitary |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |