Persicaria sagittata




Family Polygonaceae
Subfamily Polygonoideae
Scientific name Persicaria sagittata (L.) H. Gross ex Nakai
Synonyms Helxine sagittata (L.) Rafinesque; Persicaria sagittata var. sieboldii (Meisner) Nakai; Persicaria sieboldii (Meisner) K. Ohki; Persicaria sieboldii var. brevifolia Kitagawa; Polygonum belophyllum Litvinov; Polygonum paludosum (Komarov) Komarov; Polygonum sagittatum L.; Polygonum sagittatum var. boreale Meisner; Polygonum sagittatum subsp. sieboldii (Meisner) V. N. Voroschilov; Polygonum sagittatum var. paludosum Komarov; Polygonum sieboldii var. pratense Y. L. Chang & S. X. Li; Polygonum sagittatum var. sibiricum Meisner; Polygonum sagittatum var. sieboldii (Meisner) Maximowicz ex Komarov; Polygonum sieboldii Meisner; Tracaulon sagittatum (L.) Small; Tracaulon sibiricum (Meisner) Greene; Tracaulon sieboldii (Meisner) Greene; Tracaulon sagittatum (L.) Soják; Tracaulon sibiricum (Meisner) Soják.
Common name (Japanese common name) aki-no-unagi-tukami (アキノウナギツカミ, 秋鰻掴 [meaning: Autumn eel catcher])
(English common name) arrow-leaf tearthumb, arrow-vine
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Mongolia, India, Canada, USA
Habitat Swamp, riverside
Chromosomal number 2n=34
Description Plants 60-100cm tall. Leaves 5-10cm long, petioles 7-20mm long. Flowers pink or white perianths ca. 2-2.5mm long, flowering in August to October. Fruits ca. 2mm across. Annual plants.
Reference Persicaria sagittata (L.) H. Gross
Polygonum sagittatum Linnaeus



October 2007
at rice paddy
October 2007
at rice paddy
September 2006
at mountane marsh



October 2007
at rice paddy
October 2007
at rice paddy



October 2007
at rice paddy
October 2007
at rice paddy
October 2007
at rice paddy