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September 2006 at mountane forest |
September 2006 at mountane forest |
| Family | Polygonaceae |
| Subfamily | Polygonoideae |
| Scientific name | Persicaria filiformis (Thunberg) Nakai |
| Synonyms | Antenoron filiforme (Thunberg) Roberty & Vautier; Polygonum filiforme Thunberg; Polygonum virginianum L. forma glabratum Matsuda; Polygonum virginianum L. var. filiforme (Thunberg) Nakai; Sunania filiformis (Thunberg) Rafinesque; Tovara filiformis (Thunberg) Nakai; Tovara ryukyuensis Masamune; Tovara virginiana (L.) Rafinesque var. filiformis (Thunberg) Steward |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) mizuhiki (ミズヒキ, 水引 [meainig: mizuhiki = a traditional decoration on envelope in Japan]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China, Taiwan, Myanmar | |
| Habitat | Forest edge |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=44 |
| Description | Plants stalks 50-80cm tall. Leaves 7-15cm long. Flowers inflorescences ca. 30cm long, red (or merely white) perianths ca. 3mm long, flowering in August to October. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Persicaria filiformis (Thunb.) Nakai |
| Antenoron filiforme (Thunberg) Roberty & Vautier |
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