| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus pulchellus Ledeb. ex Spreng. |
| Bibliography | Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 5(Suppl.): 15 (1828) |
| Native Range | s. Siberia to Afghanistan and Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | basal leaves petiolate, ovate to elliptic, sometimes trilobate, 8-16mm, glabrous, dentate, acute, stem leaves trisect, flowers solitary, 1cm, sepals elliptic, 5-7mm long |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 affinis var. tibeticus Maxim. Ranunculus gaurii L.R.Dangwal & D.S.Rawat Ranunculus longicaulis var. nephelogenes (Edgew.) L.Liu Ranunculus longicaulis var. pulchellus (Ledeb. ex Spreng.) Gubanov Ranunculus longicaulis ssp. pulchellus (Ledeb. ex Spreng.) Gubanov Ranunculus macrodon Turcz. ex Ovcz. Ranunculus moorcroftianus D.Don Ranunculus nephelogenes Edgew. Ranunculus pulchellus var. brevipedunculatus Regel Ranunculus pulchellus var. sajanensis Regel & Radde Ranunculus pulchellus var. tibeticus (Maxim.) Yonek. Ranunculus salsuginosus Wall. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |