| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Rheum subacaule Sam. |
| Bibliography | Svensk. Bot. Tidskr. 30: 712 (1936) |
| Native Range | sc. China (w. Sichuan) |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3500-4300m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, triangular-cordate, 6-10cm, abaxially purple and yellow hirsute, adaxially green and glabrous, acuminate, panicles 2-4, few ramose, flowers in clusters |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| 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) |