| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus similis Hemsl. |
| Bibliography | Hooker‘s Icon. Pl. 26: t. 2586 (1899) |
| Native Range | se. Xinjiang to Tibet |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Altitude | 4900-5700m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, trilobate or dentate, reniform to obovate, 3-10mm, coriaceous, glabrous, stem leaves crowded below flower, flowers solitary, 12-14mm across |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
| Synonyms | Oxygraphis involucrata (Maxim.) Riedl Ranunculus involucratus Maxim. Ranunculus maximoviczii Pamp. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) |