| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Bistorta elliptica (Willd. ex Spreng.) Kom. |
| Synonyms | Polygonum ellipticum Willd. ex Spreng. |
| Polygonum nitens (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Petrov | |
| Polygonum schugnanicum Kom. | |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 500-3200m |
| Description | basal leaves long petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, coriaceous, 5-8cm, abaxially densely grey-white pubescent, adaxially glabrous, acuminate, inflorescence spicate, short, 2-3cm |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan ) China (Manchuria , 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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