Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Ranunculus rubrocalyx Regel ex Kom. |
Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Obshch. Estestvoisp., Vyp. 3, Otd. Bot. 26: 62 (1896) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Xinjiang and w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1400-4700m |
Description | leaves petiolate, trisect, broadly ovate, 14-20mm, glabrous, ciliate, middle segment broadly rhombic, trilobate, flowers solitary, 15-20mm, sepals dark red, ovate, 5-9mm long |
Size | 7-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | early 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 rufocephalus var. parviflora Kom. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |