Persicaria thunbergii




Family Polygonaceae
Subfamily Polygonoideae
Scientific name Persicaria thunbergii (Siebold & Zuccarini) H. Gross
Synonyms Helxine arifolia Rafinesque; Persicaria sinica Migo; Polygonum arifolium Thunberg, non L.; Polygonum hastatotrilobum Meisner; Polygonum pteropus Hance; Polygonum sinicum (Migo) Fang & Zheng; Polygonum stellatotomentosum W. W. Smith & Romaswami; Polygonum thunbergii Siebold & Zuccarini; Tracaulon thunbergii (Siebold & Zuccarini) Greene; Truellum thunbergii (Siebold & Zuccarini) Soják
Common name (Japanese common name) mizo- soba (ミゾソバ, 溝蕎麦 [meaning: swamp soba (soba = buckwheat)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China, Taiwan
Habitat Swamp
Chromosomal number 2n=40
Description Plants 30-70cm tall. Leaves 4-10cm long. Flowers pink or pale purple perianths ca. 4-5mm long, flowering in July to October. Fruits ca. 3mm across. Annual plants.
Reference Polygonum thunbergii Siebold & Zuccarini
Substituted phenyl (thiono)carbamates, herbicidal compositions containing the same as active ingredient and method of controlling weeds (US Patent 4491465/1985)
Substituted phenyl carbamates, herbicidal compositions containing the same as active ingredient and method of controlling weeds (US Patent 4521242/1985)



October 2007
at lowland swamp
October 2006
at lowland swamp
October 2006
at lowland swamp



October 2007
at lowland swamp
October 2007
at lowland swamp
October 2007
at lowland swamp



October 2007
at lowland swamp
October 2007
at lowland swamp
October 2006
at lowland swamp