Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Bistorta griffithii (Hook.f.) Grierson |
Synonyms | Polygonum griffithii Hook.f. |
Bistorta calostachya (Diels) Soják | |
Polygonum calostachyum Diels | |
Habitat | rocks and grassland |
Altitude | 3000-5000m |
Description | basal leaves long petiolate, elliptic, 10-15cm, coriaceous, glabrous, margins revolute, acute, inflorescence terminal and axillary, spicate, lax, pendent, 3-5cm long |
Size | 20-40cm |
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, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya ) Indo-China (Myanmar) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLYGONACEAE
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