Persicaria maculosa




Family Polygonaceae
Subfamily Polygonoideae
Scientific name Persicaria maculosa S. F. Gray
Synonyms Persicaria dichopodum (Ohki) Sasaki; Persicaria maculata (Rafinesque) A. Löve & D. Löve; Persicaria mitis Delarbre; Persicaria persicaria (L.) Small; Persicaria ruderalis (Salisbury) C. F. Reed; Persicaria ruderalis (Salisbury) C. F. Reed var. vulgaris (Webb & Moquin-Tandon) C. F. Reed; Persicaria vulgaris Webb & Moquin-Tandon ex Webb & Berthelot; Polygonum dichopodum Ohki; Polygonum dubium Stein; Polygonum fusiforme Greene; Polygonum minus Hudson var. subcontinuum (Meisner) Fernald; Polygonum persicaria L.; Polygonum persicaria L. forma angustifolium Beckhaus; Polygonum persicaria L. forma humile S. X. Li & Y. L. Chang; Polygonum persicaria L. forma latifolium S. X. Li & Y. L. Chang; Polygonum persicaria L. var. angustifolium Beckhaus; Polygonum persicaria L. var. pubescens Makino; Polygonum persicaria L. var. ruderale (Salisbury) Meisner; Polygonum puritanorum Fernald; Polygonum ruderale Salisbury; Polygonum shuchengense Z. Z. Zhou
Common name (Japanese common name) haru-tade (ハルタデ, 春蓼 [meaning: Spring tade (tade = Polygonaceae plants)])
(English common name) lady's thumb, spotted lady's thumb, persicary, redshank, redlegs, peachwort
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Caucasus
Habitat Roadside, rice paddy, farm yard, wet field
Chromosomal number (female) 2n=22
Description Plants 30-60cm tall. Leaves 4-14cm long. Flowers inflorescences 3-5cm long, pink perianths ca. 2.5-3.5mm long, flowering in April to October. Annual plants.
Reference Persicaria maculosa Gray
Polygonum persicaria L.
Polygonum persicaria L.
Polygonum persicaria Linnaeus



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