| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Bistorta vacciniifolia (Wall. ex Meisn.) Greene sect. Bistorta |
| Bibliography | Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 (1904) |
| Native Range | Tibet to Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3000-4500m |
| Description | basal leaves shortly petiolate, elliptic, 1-2cm, coriaceous, entire, subrevolute, inflorescence terminal, spicate, lax, 4-8cm long, bracts long ovate, acute |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | purplish red |
| Bloom | late summer, autumn |
| Ca | - |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Persicaria vacciniifolia (Wall. ex Meisn.) Ronse Decr. Polygonum vacciniifolium Wall. ex Meisn. Polygonum vacciniifolium var. flagelliforme Meisn. Polygonum vacciniifolium var. medium Meisn. Polygonum vacciniifolium var. obtusifolium Meisn. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |