Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Koenigia phytolaccifolia (Small) T.M.Schuster & Reveal |
Synonyms | Aconogonon phytolaccifolium (Meisn. ex Small) Small |
Polygonum phytolaccifolium Meisn. ex Small | |
Polygonum smallii Kongar | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | only stem leaves, petiolate, upwards sessile, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, flowers in numerous leafless panicles, terminal and axillary, petals elliptic to obovate |
Size | 50-80cm |
Color | greenish white, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California , Nevada) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLYGONACEAE
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