Persicaria wallichii |
Persicaria wallichii var. wallichii |
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garden knotweed, garden smartweed, Himalayan knotweed, Kashmir plume |
cultivated knotweed, Himalayan knotweed |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, sometimes suffrutescent, 7–12(–25) dm; roots not also arising from proximal nodes; rhizomes present. | |
Stems | ribbed, glabrous or densely pubescent. |
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Leaves | ocrea reddish brown, cylindric, 10–40 mm, base inflated, surface glabrous or densely pubescent; petiole 0.3–2(–3) cm, glabrous or densely pubescent; blade (7.5–)9–22(–27) × 2.8–7.8 cm, base cordate to truncate, margins ciliate, apex acuminate to caudate-acuminate, faces pubescent abaxially, glabrous or pubescent adaxially. |
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Inflorescences | 40–110 × 10–55 mm; peduncle 10–80 mm, glabrous or pubescent; ocreolae not overlapping, margins eciliate. |
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Pedicels | ascending to spreading, 1–4 mm, glabrous. |
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Flowers | 3–9 per ocreate fascicle; perianth white or pinkish, often with scattered reddish glands, glabrous, nonaccrescent; tepals oblong to obovate, dimorphic, outer 3 larger than inner 2, 2.2–3.8 mm, margins entire, apex obtuse to rounded; filaments inserted at bases of tepals, distinct, glabrous; anthers red to purple, ovate; styles distinct. |
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Achenes | included, brown, 3-gonous, 2.1–2.5 × 1.3–1.8 mm, dull, minutely roughened. |
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2n | = 22. |
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Persicaria wallichii |
Persicaria wallichii var. wallichii |
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Phenology | Flowering Aug–Oct. | |
Habitat | Moist disturbed places, marshes | |
Elevation | 0-500 m (0-1600 ft) | |
Distribution |
CA; MA; OR; BC; Asia
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CA; MA; OR; BC; SPM; Asia (Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Tibet) [Introduced in North America] |
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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 5, p. 581. | FNA vol. 5, p. 581. |
Parent taxa | Polygonaceae > subfam. Polygonoideae > Persicaria > sect. Rubrivena | Polygonaceae > subfam. Polygonoideae > Persicaria > sect. Rubrivena > Persicaria wallichii |
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Synonyms | Polygonum polystachyum, Aconogonon polystachyum, Pleuropteropyrum polystachyum, Reynoutria polystachya, Rubrivena polystachya | |
Name authority | Greuter & Burdet: Willdenowia 19: 41. (1989) | unknown |
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