| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Bistorta macrophylla (D.Don) Soják |
| Bibliography | Preslia 46: 152 (1974) |
| Native Range | China to Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2000-5000m |
| Description | basal leaves petiolate, oblong to linear-lanceolate, 3-10cm, abaxially grey-green, adaxially green, glabrous, acute, inflorescence terminal, shortly spicate, 15-25mm long |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | pinkish, 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 | Bistorta sphaerostachya (Meisn.) Greene Persicaria macrophylla (D.Don) Cubey Polygonum gracillimum Spreng. Polygonum macrophyllum D.Don Polygonum macrophyllum f. tomentosum Kitam. Polygonum sphaerostachyum Meisn. Polygonum splendens Klotzsch |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |