| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Polygonum libani Boiss. |
| Synonyms | Polygonum hermonis Kotschy ex Boiss. |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | alpine |
| Description | glabrous, leaves small, elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, abaxially distinctly many nerved, flowers axillary, subsessile, in dense short spikes |
| Size | 3-10cm |
| Color | red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub, carpet |
| 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, 13-18°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Lebanon-Syria) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | POLYGONACEAE
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