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Siberian Knorringia

Knorringia sibirica

Knorringia sibirica is a hardy, low-growing perennial of the buckwheat family from cold, open habitats in Siberia, the Himalaya and Korea. It is a wild species rather than a common garden plant, and it needs cold winters and well-drained ground to thrive.

Family
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and let the soil dry slightly between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty or sandy soil, low in fertility.
Temperature
Hardy to well below freezing; tolerates cold winters, cool summers preferred. Protect from prolonged wet cold.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Siberia to Himalaya and Korea
Climate
temperate

About

Knorringia sibirica is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to Siberia to Korea. It was first described, as Polygonum sibiricum by Erik Laxmann in 1773, and transferred to Knorringia by Nikolai Tzvelev in 1987.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Knorringia sibirica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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