Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Rheum darvasicum V.S.Titov ex Losinsk. |
Bibliography | Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3: 130 (1937) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | stems pale brown, finely sulcate, leaves long petiolate, broadly ovate, on both faces glabrous, distinctly veined, glaucous, inflorescence racemose |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (UZB Uzbekistan) |