Persicaria maackiana




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