Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Rheum fedtschenkoi Maxim. ex Regel |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | alpine |
Description | stems hollow, yellow, sulcate, leaves thick, carnose, orbiculate-ovate, at base cordate, distinctly 5-nerved, 15-20cm, sinuate, long petiolate, inflorescence oval-spicate |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | orange |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLYGONACEAE
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