Common name: Buttercup
Family: Ranunculaceae
Information: 3600-4300 m. Common in meadows and damp places, Central Nepal to SE Tibet.
Photo: Northeast edge of Deosai plateau along a slope by an ephemeral stremm at about 4300 m (see landscape photo). N Hewitt Jul 2016.
Sources and additional resources:
Polunin, O. and A. Stainton (1999). Flowers of the Himalaya. Oxford University Press, Delhi. Entry 39a (p. 11; Plate 5).
WFO (2021): Ranunculus adoxifolius Hand.-Mazz. Online at: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000461495. Accessed 17 Jul 2021