| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Ranunculus rufosepalus Franch. |
| Bibliography | Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 6, 15: 217 (1883) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to nw. Xinjiang and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2500-4800m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, ternate, broadly ovate, 15-36mm, glabrous, middle leaflet broadly rhombic, tripartite, segments lobate, flowers solitary, 16-22mm across, sepals dark purple, ovate |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| 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 |
| 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) |