| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Rheum spiciforme Royle |
| Bibliography | Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 318, t. 78 (1836) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to w. China and Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3300-5300m |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, ovate, 6-12cm, abaxially dark purple, glabrous, adaxially green, glabrous, coriaceous, palmatipartite, panicle spicate, fruit ovoid, narrowly alate |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | whitish yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Rheum aplostachyum Kar. & Kir. Rheum crassinervium Fisch. ex Lindl. Rheum cuneatum Regel & Herder Rheum reticulatum Losinsk. Rheum rhizostachyum Schrenk Rheum scaberrimum Lingelsh. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |