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Polygonaceae
Alpine mountain-sorrel
Oxyria digyna
Also known as Mountain sorrel, Oxyria rotundifolia, Oxyria acida, Alpine sorrel
Native Plants · Alpine · Arctic Plant · Rock Garden · Edible · Sorrel · Mountain Plant · Cold Hardy · Perennial · Wildflower · Foraging
Alpine Mountain-Sorrel is a hardy arctic-alpine perennial best suited to rock gardens, alpine troughs, or cool-climate landscapes. It prefers gritty, well-draining soil and tolerates cold temperatures exceptionally well. Keep it in a cool, bright location and avoid waterlogged conditions, especially in winter.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply to saturate the root zone and allow the top inch of soil to dry before watering again · Every 7-10 days; more frequently in hot or dry spells
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–8
- Temperature
- -40°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 3a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 4 in – 12 in
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 10 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Arizona, Austria, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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