Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Rheum przewalskyi Losinsk. |
Bibliography | Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3: 115 (1937) |
Native Range | c. China to Qinghai |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 1500-5000m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, broadly ovate, 10-20cm, coriaceous, abaxially purple-red, glabrous, adaxially yellow-green obtuse, panicles 2-3, spicate, 2-4-ramose |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | whitish yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
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 (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai) |