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Oxyria digyna (L.) Hill  
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FamilyPOLYGONACEAE
Genus speciesOxyria digyna (L.) Hill 
BibliographyHortus Kew.: 158 (1786)
Native RangeSubarctic and Temperate Northern Hemisphere
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitatscree and moraines
Descriptionglabrous, basal leaves reniform, petiolate, inflorescence ramose, leafless
Size10-15cm
Colorgreenish
Bloomlate summer
Ca-
Typeperennial
Cultivationgravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade
Propagationseed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer
SynonymsAcetosa digyna (L.) Mill.
Donia digyna (L.) R.Br.
Donia sapida R.Br.
Lapathum digynum (L.) Lam.
Oxyria acida R.Br.
Oxyria digyna ssp. elatior (R.Br. ex Meisn.) Juel & al.
Oxyria elatior R.Br. ex Meisn.
Oxyria reniformis Hook.
Oxyria rotundifolia S.F.Gray
Rheum digynum (L.) Wahlenb.
Rumex digynus L.
Rumex reniformis (Hook.) Regel
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden)
     11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland)
     12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, SPA Spain)
     13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia, UKR Ukraine)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan)
     33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus)
     34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey)
     38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea)
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia)
     72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, QUE Québec)
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming)
     74 North-Central U.S.A. (SDA South Dakota)
     75 Northeastern U.S.A. (NWH New Hampshire)
     76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah)
     77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico)
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