Persicaria debilis




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