(1.Institute of Botany,Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences,Nanjing Botanical Garden Mem-Sun Yat-Sen,Nanjing,Jiangsu 210014;2.Institute of Flower in Dafeng City of Jiangsu Province，Dafeng,Jiangsu 224100)
‘Orange era’ is a new Ranunculus asiaticus cultivar developed by crossing inbred the female parent ‘paradise’.Its average height is 23.6 cm，the flower diameter is 14.6 cm，and very suitable for pot.The average flower number is 5.5 with average flowering 54.5 days.Its comprehensive resistance is good，and have strong reproductive capacity，with -5℃ low temperature tolerance.It is suitable for growing in protected cultivation in Jiangsu province and the Yangtze River Delta region.