Family | Polygonaceae |
Subfamily | Polygonoideae |
Scientific name | Aconogonon alpinum (Allioni) Schur |
Synonyms | Aconogonon alpinum(Allioni) Schur var. stewartii S. P. Hong; Aconogonon savatieri (Nakai) Tzvelev; Aconogonon weyrichii (F. Schmidt) H. Hara var. alpinum (Maximovicz) H. Hara; Persicaria alpina (Allioni) H. Gross; Persicaria angustifolia (Pallas) Ronce Decraene; Pleuropteropyrum alpinum (Allioni) Kitagawa; Pleuropteropyrum alpinum (Maximovicz) Koidzumi; Pleuropteropyrum alpinum (Maximovicz) Koidzumi var. chokaense Koidzumi; Pleuropteropyrum weyrichii (F.Schmidt) H. Gross var. alpinum (Maximovicz) H. Gross; Polygonum alpinum Allioni; Polygonum angustifolium Pallas; Polygonum savatieri Nakai; Polygonum weyrichii F. Schmidt var. alpinum Maximovicz |
Common name | (Japanese common name) on-tade (オンタデ, 御蓼 [meaning: the Polygonum]), iwa-tade (イワタデ, 岩蓼 [meaning: rocks Polygonum]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region) |
(Other nations) Russia, China, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Caucasus, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Europe | |
Habitat | Alpine rocks |
Chromosomal number | 2n=20 (2n) |
Description | Plants 30-100cm tall. Leaves 10-15cm wide, lower surface green. Flowers pale yellow perianths 1.5-2mm long (male flower), flowering in June to October. Perrenial plants. |
Reference | Aconogonon alpinum (All.) Schur |
Aconogonon alpinum (All.) Schur | |
Polygonum weyrichii var. alpinum Maxim. ex Franch. & Sav. |
July 2009 at Mt. Fuji |
July 2009 at Mt. Fuji |
July 2009 at Mt. Fuji |
July 2009 at Mt. Fuji |
July 2009 at Mt. Fuji |
July 2009 at Mt. Fuji |
July 2009 at Mt. Fuji |
July 2009 at Mt. Fuji |