Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Koenigia
Specific Epithet
nummulariifolia
Authorship
(Meisn.) Mesicek & Soják
8/17/2017
Location
China, Sichuan, Kangding Xian.
30.185833, 101.745556
Location Remarks
Northwest of the city of Kangding; Zheduo Shan mountain range on road north of Kangding Airport toward Yala Xiang. Boulder fields and ledges, shrub thickets of dwarf (< 0.5 m tall) Rhododendron and meadow-like areas interspersed between thickets, boulders and rock outcrops. 4410-4420 m. elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon Christoph, Chris Davidson, Xin-Hui LI, Tao YANG
Notes
In moist, sandy gravel soil at base of stony slope. Tightly colonial; petals white.
