| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Bistorta elliptica (Willd. ex Spreng.) Kom. |
| Bibliography | J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 435 (2008) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to Russian Far East |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 500-3200m |
| Description | basal leaves long petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, coriaceous, 5-8cm, abaxially densely grey-white pubescent, adaxially glabrous, acuminate, inflorescence spicate, short, 2-3cm |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Bistorta major ssp. elliptica (Willd. ex Spreng.) Soják Bistorta major ssp. nitens (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Soják Bistorta nitens (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Kom. Bistorta officinalis ssp. elliptica (Willd. ex Spreng.) A.L.Ebel Bistorta schugnanica (Kom.) Kom. Polygonum bistorta ssp. ellipticum (Willd. ex Spreng.) V.V.Petrovsky Polygonum bistorta var. nitens Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Polygonum collare Mart. ex Meisn. Polygonum ellipticum Willd. ex Spreng. Polygonum intercedens Petrov ex Kom. Polygonum nitens (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Petrov Polygonum schugnanicum Kom. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 36 China (CHM Manchuria, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |