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Yunnan Globeflower

Trollius yunnanensis

Yunnan Globeflower
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0

Yunnan Globeflower is a hardy perennial from the mountain meadows of southwest China and northern Myanmar, grown for its cup-shaped yellow flowers and finely divided leaves. It needs cool, moist conditions and a sunny to partly shaded spot with steady moisture.

Family
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, especially during the growing season; never let it dry out completely.
Soil
Fertile, moisture-retentive loam with plenty of organic matter.
Temperature
10–24 °C; hardy in cold winters, dormant in winter.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
China (W. Sichuan, W. Yunnan) to N. Myanmar
Climate
temperate

About

Trollius yunnanensis, the Yunnan globeflower (Chinese: 云南金莲花), is a species of globeflower, native to southern China; Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, and to northern Myanmar. A perennial, it prefers to grow at elevations from 1,900 m up to 3,900 m on grassy slopes and wet meadows. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Other Trollius plants

Asian Globeflower · Chinese Globeflower · Globeflower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trollius yunnanensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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