Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Polygonum libani Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 12: 99 (1853) |
Native Range | Lebanon to sw. Syria |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | glabrous, leaves small, elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, abaxially distinctly many nerved, flowers axillary, subsessile, in dense short spikes |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Polygonum hermonis Kotschy ex Boiss. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria) |