| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Polygonum serpyllaceum Jaub. & Spach |
| Bibliography | Ill. Pl. Orient. 2: 24 (1844) |
| Native Range | Iran to Central Asia and Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | alluvial gravel |
| Description | stems procumbent, green, leaves broadly elliptic or ovate, to 1cm, shortly petiolate, flowers in axillary clusters, of 2-6, perianth 4-5mm |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | red-green |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Polygonum cognatum var. serpyllaceum (Jaub. & Spach) Yurtseva Polygonum kudriaschevii Vassilkovsk. Polygonum pamiroalaicum Kom. Polygonum radicosum Boiss. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |