Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Bistorta perpusilla (Hook.f.) Greene |
Bibliography | Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 (1904) |
Native Range | Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3500-5000m |
Description | basal leaves in rosette, sessile, narrowly linear, to 2cm long, flowers in pendent, scapose heads |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white, rose |
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, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Polygonum perpusillum Hook.f. |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |