Family | Polygonaceae | |
Subfamily | Polygonoideae | |
Scientific name | Persicaria maackiana (Regel) Nakai | |
Synonyms | Persicaria maackiana (Regel) Nakai forma albiflora H. Hara; Polygonum maackianum Regel; Polygonum thunbergii Siebold & Zuccarini var. maackianum (Regel) Maximowicz ex Franchet & Savatier; Tracaulon maackianum (Regel) Greene; Truellum maackianum (Regel) Soják | |
Common name | (Japanese common name) sade-kusa (サデクサ, 摩草 [meaning: painful weed]), mizo-sade-kusa (ミゾサデクサ, 溝摩草 [meaning: swamp painful weed]) | |
(English common name) none | ||
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu | |
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China | ||
Habitat | Swamp | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=22 | |
Description | Plants 40-100cm tall. Leaves 3-8cm long. Flowers red or white (forma albiflora) perianths ca. 3mm long, flowering in August to October. Annual plants. | |
Reference | Polygonum maackianum Regel |
September 2007 at lowland swamp |
September 2007 at lowland swamp |
September 2007 at lowland swamp |
September 2007 at lowland swamp |
September 2007 at lowland swamp |