| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Polygonum paronychioides C.A.Mey. |
| Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 11: 356 ((1838) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to e. Turkey and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1200-4300m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, linear, 8-15mm, on both faces scabrous, margins revolute, apex spinose, flowers solitary, axillary, bracts lanceolate, longer than perianth |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | pinkish |
| Bloom | summer, autumn |
| 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 englerianum H.Gross Polygonum himalayense H.Gross Polygonum lemanianum Meisn. Polygonum meyeri Steud. Polygonum mucronatum Royle ex Bab. Polygonum paronychia C.A.Mey. Polygonum pauciflorum Endl. Polygonum pulvinatum Kom. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |