| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Rheum tibeticum Maxim. ex Hook.f. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India 5: 56 (1886) |
| Native Range | ne & e. Afghanistan to Tibet |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2500-4600m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, cordate, 12-20cm, coriaceous, abaxially pubescent along veins, adaxially glabrous, entire, obtuse, panicle broad, fruit ovoid, 8-10mm, wings red-brown |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | pale purplish red |
| Bloom | late spring |
| 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 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |