Flora of North America species comparison

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Persicaria wallichii

Persicaria meisneriana

garden knotweed, garden smartweed, Himalayan knotweed, Kashmir plume

Mexican tearthumb

Persicaria wallichii

Persicaria meisneriana
Distribution
from FNA
CA; MA; OR; BC; Asia
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from FNA
FL; GA; LA; SC; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies; se Africa
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).

Persicaria wallichii is an ornamental that escapes infrequently in the flora area. A population in Nova Scotia apparently was ephemeral. Plants with leaf blades sparsely to densely pubescent abaxially and pedicels glabrous are var. wallichii, to which naturalized North American plants appear to be referable. Plants with leaf blades brownish-tomentose abaxially and pedicels usually pubescent are var. tomentosa S. P. Hong, which may be in cultivation in North America.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).

Variety meisneriana has leaves with petioles 0.3–1 cm, blades prominently sagittate to hastate at bases, and ocreae usually moderately to densely pubescent. It is found only in South America (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 5, p. 581. FNA vol. 5, p. 578.
Parent taxa Polygonaceae > subfam. Polygonoideae > Persicaria > sect. Rubrivena Polygonaceae > subfam. Polygonoideae > Persicaria > sect. Echinocaulon
Sibling taxa
P. amphibia, P. arifolia, P. bicornis, P. bungeana, P. capitata, P. careyi, P. chinensis, P. glabra, P. hirsuta, P. hydropiper, P. hydropiperoides, P. lapathifolia, P. longiseta, P. maculosa, P. meisneriana, P. minor, P. nepalensis, P. orientalis, P. pensylvanica, P. perfoliata, P. punctata, P. robustior, P. sagittata, P. setacea, P. virginiana
P. amphibia, P. arifolia, P. bicornis, P. bungeana, P. capitata, P. careyi, P. chinensis, P. glabra, P. hirsuta, P. hydropiper, P. hydropiperoides, P. lapathifolia, P. longiseta, P. maculosa, P. minor, P. nepalensis, P. orientalis, P. pensylvanica, P. perfoliata, P. punctata, P. robustior, P. sagittata, P. setacea, P. virginiana, P. wallichii
Subordinate taxa
P. wallichii var. wallichii
P. meisneriana var. beyrichiana
Synonyms Polygonum polystachyum, Aconogonon polystachyum, Pleuropteropyrum polystachyum, Reynoutria polystachya, Rubrivena polystachya Polygonum meisnerianum
Name authority Greuter & Burdet: Willdenowia 19: 41. (1989) (Chamisso & Schlechtendal) M. Gómez: Anales Inst. Segunda Enseñ. 2: 278. (1896)
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