Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Koenigia nummularifolia (Meisn.) Měsíček & Soják |
Bibliography | Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8: 110 (1973)] |
Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya and Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3300-4900m |
Description | rooting, leaves orbiculate or reniform-orbiculate, 3-5mm, abaxially pilose, adaxially glabrous, entire, ciliate, obtuse, inflorescence terminal, corymbose, dense |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 |
Synonyms | Polygonum forrestii var. pumilio Lingelsh. Polygonum nummulariifolium Meisn. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |