Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Rheum fedtschenkoi Maxim. ex Regel |
Bibliography | Izv. Imp. Obshch. Lyubit. Estestv. Moskovsk. Univ. 34(2): 77 (1882) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | stems hollow, yellow, sulcate, leaves thick, carnose, orbiculate-ovate, at base cordate, distinctly 5-nerved, 15-20cm, sinuate, long petiolate, inflorescence oval-spicate |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | orange |
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 (TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |