| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Rheum pumilum Maxim. |
| Bibliography | Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 26: 503 (1880) |
| Native Range | c. China to Qinghai |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2800-4500m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, ovate-elliptic, 1-5cm, coriaceous, adaxially glabrous, abaxially pilose, entire, cordate, obtuse, panicle narrow, few branched, flowers in clusters |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | purplish red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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, 16-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) |