Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Bistorta emodi (Meisn.) H.Hara |
Synonyms | Polygonum emodi Meisn. |
Persicaria emodi (Meisn.) Cubey | |
Polygonum meissneri Wall. | |
Habitat | shady rocks and woods |
Altitude | 1300-4500m |
Description | rooting, leaves shortly petiolate, linear-lanceolate, 3-15cm, abaxially grey-green, acute, margins revolute, inflorescence terminal, spicate, lax, 2-6cm, bracts brown |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | purplish red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | procumbent subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Assam , East Himalaya , Nepal , West Himalaya) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLYGONACEAE
emodi dependens Diels, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 256 (1912)
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