Calligonum rubicundum Bunge

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Calligonum

Characteristics

Shrubs 0.8-1.5 m tall. Old branches dark red, reddish brown, or gray-brown; herbaceous branchlets of current year gray-green, jointed; joints 1-4 cm. Leaves linear, 2-5 mm; ocrea united to leaves. Pedicel 4-6 mm, glabrous. Flowers 2 or 3 in leaf axil. Tepals reflexed in fruit, pink or red, linear-lanceolate, 2.5-4 mm. Fruit light green, light yellow, or bright red when young, yellow-brown or dark red when mature, ovoid, broadly ovoid, or subglobose, 1.4-2 × 1.4-1.8 cm. Achenes coiled, with ribs; wings on ribs leathery, with veins. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jun-Jul. 2n = 36*.
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Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Distribution

Calligonum rubicundum world distribution map, present in China, Kazakhstan, and Liberia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:693401-1
WFO ID wfo-0000580517
COL ID PQ89
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Synonyms

Calligonum connivens Calligonum affine Calligonum crispum Calligonum rubicundum Calligonum dissectum Calligonum pappii Calligonum sinuato-aculeolatum Calligonum soongaricum Pterococcus songaricus var. rubicundus