| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Bistorta griffithii (Hook.f.) Grierson |
| Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 128 (1982) |
| Native Range | sc. China to e. Himalaya and n. Burma |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks and grassland |
| Altitude | 3000-5000m |
| Description | basal leaves long petiolate, elliptic, 10-15cm, coriaceous, glabrous, margins revolute, acute, inflorescence terminal and axillary, spicate, lax, pendent, 3-5cm long |
| Size | 20-40cm |
| Color | purplish red |
| 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, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Bistorta calostachya (Diels) Soják Persicaria griffithii (Hook.f.) Cubey Polygonum calostachyum Diels Polygonum griffithii Hook.f. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |