| Family |
Polygonaceae |
| Subfamily |
Polygonoideae |
| Scientific name |
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) S. F. Gray |
| Synonyms |
Persicaria bioritsuensis (Ohki) Sasaki; Persicaria glabra (Willdenow) M.
Gómez de la Maza y Jiménez var. scabrinervis (Hooker f.) H. Hara; Persicaria
incarnata (Elliott) Small; Persicaria krugii Gross & Loesener; Persicaria
lapathifolia (L.) S. F. Gray subsp. nodosa (Persoon) Á. Löve; Persicaria
lapathifolia (L.) S. F. Gray var. tomentosa (Schrank) H. Gross; Persicaria
nodosa (Persoon) Opiz; Persicaria paludicola Small; Persicaria pseudonodosa
(Ohki) Sasaki; Persicaria tomentosa (Schrank) E. P. Bicknell; Polygonum
bioritsuense Ohki; Polygonum fusiforme Greene; Polygonum glabrum Willdenow
var. scabrinerve Hooker f.; Polygonum glandulosum R. Brown; Polygonum glutinosum
Wallich ex Meisner; Polygonum incanum F. W. Schmidt; Polygonum incarnatum
Elliott; Polygonum komarovii H. Leveille; Polygonum lanatum Roxburgh; Polygonum
lapathifolium L.Polygonum lapathifolium L. subsp. pallidum (Withering)
Fries; Polygonum lapathifolium L. var. incanum (F. W. Schmidt) Koch; Polygonum
lapathifolium L. var. incarnatum (Elliott) S. Watson; Polygonum lapathifolium
L. var. lanatum (Roxburgh) Steward; Polygonum lapathifolium L. var. nodosum
(Pers.) Small; Polygonum lapathifolium L. var. ovatum A. Braun; Polygonum
lapathifolium L. var. prostratum C.F.H. Wimmer; Polygonum lapathifolium
L. var. salicifolium Sibthorp; Polygonum linicola Sutulow; Polygonum nodosum
Persoon; Polygonum nodosum Persoon var. incarnatum (Elliott) A. Gray; Polygonum
nutans Roxburgh; Polygonum oneillii Brenckle; Polygonum pallidum Withering;
Polygonum pensylvanicum L. subsp. oneillii (Brenckle) Hultén; Polygonum
persicaria L. var. lapathifolium (Linnaeus) Meisner; Polygonum persicaria
L. var. tomentosum Schrank; Polygonum pseudonodosum Ohki; Polygonum pyramidale
H. Léveillé; Polygonum quadrifidum Hamilton ex Meisner; Polygonum scabrum
Moench; Polygonum simlense Royle ex Babington; Polygonum tenuiflorum J.
Presl; Polygonum tomentosum (Schrank) Guerke; Polygonum vaniotiana H. Léveillé |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) oh-inu-tade (オオイヌタデ, 大犬蓼 [meaning: large inu-tade
(inu-tade = Persicaria longiseta)]) |
| (English common name) curlytop knotweed, pale smartweed |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Mongolia, Vietnam, Thailand,
Indonesia, Myanamar, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afganistan, Kazakhstan,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon,
Syria, Turkey, Cyprus, Europe, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia |
| Habitat |
Roadside, field, farm yard |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=22 |
| Description |
Plants electing 0.8-2m tall. Leaves 15-25cm long. Flowers inflorescences
3-7cm long, pink or white perianths ca. 2.5-3mm long, flowering in June
to November. Annual plants. |
| Reference |
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) Gray |
| Polygonum lapathifolium L. |
| Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) Gray |
| Polygonum lapathifolium L. |
| Note |
Naturalized plants (introduced in Meiji era, widespread mainly in 1960th). |
