| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus eschscholtzii Schltdl. |
| Bibliography | Animadv. Bot. Ranunc. Cand. 2: 16 (1820) |
| Native Range | Russian Far East, Subarctic America to w. & wc. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 0-3600m |
| Description | glabrous, basal leaves with thin petiole, blade reniform to obovate, shallowly trilobate to tripinnatisect, flowers 1-3, sepals yellowish hirsute, deciduous, petals 7-15mm long |
| Size | 20-25cm |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. helleri (Rydb.) L.D.Benson Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. hookeri G.Don Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. typicus L.D.Benson Ranunculus helleri Rydb. Ranunculus nivalis var. eschscholtzii (Schltdl.) S.Watson Ranunculus ocreatus Greene Ranunculus pauperculus Ovcz. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |