| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Atraphaxis pungens (M.Bieb.) Jaub. & Spach |
| Synonyms | Tragopyrum pungens M.Bieb. |
| Polygonella pungens (M.Bieb.) Meisn. | |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Altitude | 500-3400m |
| Description | leaves grey-green, 7-20mm, broadly elliptic to obovate, obtuse or mucronate, shortly petiolate, flowers in short lateral racemes |
| Size | 15-50cm |
| Color | rose, green-white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | spinose shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in late summer; layering in spring |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) China (Inner Mongolia , China North-Central , Qinghai , Xinjiang ) Mongolia |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | POLYGONACEAE
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