Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Rheum pumilum Maxim. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2800-4500m |
Description | leaves petiolate, ovate-elliptic, 1-5cm, coriaceous, adaxially glabrous, abaxially pilose, entire, cordate, obtuse, panicle narrow, few branched, flowers in clusters |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | purplish red |
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
China (China South-Central , China North-Central , Qinghai , Tibet) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLYGONACEAE
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