Vasilis Teodoridis:
Polygonaceae | Polygonum
84. Polygonum forrestii Diels; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 5: 258. 1912.
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Koenigia forrestii (Diels) Mesicek & Soják.
Herbs perennial. Stems creeping; tufted; branches erect; 5-20 cm tall; villous. Petiole 3-5 cm; long pilose; leaf blade nearly orbicular or reniform; 1-4 cm in diam.; both surfaces long pilose or nearly glabrous; base cordate; margin densely ciliate; apex obtuse; ocrea laxly tubular; membranous; pilose; oblique. Inflorescence terminal; corymbose-cymose; bracts oblong; thinly membranous. Pedicels longer than bracts; 4-5 mm; glabrous; apex articulate. Perianth white or yellowish; 5(or 4)-parted; tepals obovate; 4-5 mm; unequal. Stamens 6-8; anthers purple. Styles 3; very short; stigmas capitate. Achenes included in persistent perianth; yellow-brown; dull; narrowly ellipsoid; trigonous; narrow at base; 2-3 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug; fr. Aug-Sep. 2n = 14.
Grassy slopes; alpine meadows; 3500-4800 m. Guizhou; Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan [Bhutan; ?Kashmir; Myanmar; Nepal; Sikki