| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Rheum rhomboideum Losinsk. |
| Bibliography | Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3: 116 (1937) |
| Native Range | c. & e. Tibet |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 4700-5400m |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, rhombic, 10-16cm, coriaceous, glabrous, entire, obtuse, panicle spicate, fruit broadly cuneate, narrowly winged |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | purplish red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 36 China (CHT Tibet) |