Family | Polygonaceae |
Subfamily | Polygonoideae |
Scientific name | Persicaria debilis (Meisner) H. Gross ex W. T. Lee |
Synonyms | Persicaria triangularis (Meisner) Nakai; Polygonum debile Meisner; Polygonum thunbergii Siebold & Zuccarini var. coreana H. Léveillé; Truellum debile (Meisner) Sojak |
Common name | (Japanese common name) miyama-tani-soba (ミヤマタニソバ, 深山谷蕎麦 [meaning: high mountain valley soba (soba = buckwheat)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Korea | |
Habitat | Mountane forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=16 |
Description | Plants 10-50cm tall. Leaves 1.5-5.5cm long. Flowers white perianth ca. 3mm long, flowering in August to September. Annual plants. |
October 2007 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
October 2007 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
October 2007 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
October 2007 at Nikko Botanical Garden |