| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Atraphaxis karataviensis Lipsch. & Pavlov |
| Synonyms | Atraphaxis pulcherrima Vassilcz. |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Description | leaves crowded at apex of branchlets, oval, petiolate, retuse, carnose, flat, glabrous, flowers in fascicles of 1-3 in axils of leaves, long pedicellate |
| Size | 7-25cm |
| Color | pink |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | spinose shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in late summer; layering in spring |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , 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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