Pan India Bouquets

Persicaria longiseta (Bruijn) Kitag.

Family : Polygonaceae
(Buckwheat Family)
Family (Hindi name) : JANGLI PALAK FAMILY (जंगली पालक फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygonaceae
Basionym : Polygonum longisetum Bruijn
Synonym(s) : Persicaria blumei (Meisn.) Nakai; Persicaria blumei var. albiflora Honda; Persicaria buisanensis (Ohki) Sasaki; Persicaria cespitosa var. longiseta (Bruijn) C.F.Reed; Persicaria gentiliana H.Lév.; Persicaria longiseta f. breviseta (Meisn.) W.Lee; Persicaria satsumensis Nakai; Polygonum blumei Gand.; Polygonum blumei Meisn.; Polygonum blumei var. contractum Makino; Polygonum buisanense Ohki; Polygonum cespitosum var. longisetum (Bruijn) Steward; Polygonum gentilianum (H.Lév.) H.Lév.; Polygonum interruptum Bunge; Polygonum kinashii H.Lév. & Vaniot; Polygonum posumbu var. longisetum (Bruijn) F.Z.Li & C.Y.Qu
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Persicaria longiseta (Bruijn) Kitag.
Common name : Oriental Lady's Thumb, Asiatic smartweed, Bristled knotweed, Bunchy knotweed
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Meadows, marshes, mudflats, riverbanks, floodplains, and lowland
Comments / notes : A common weed of rice paddies.
Flower, Fruit : May-August
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : China, India, Japan, Jawa, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Sakhalin, Taiwan, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Pakistan to Russian Far East, Philippines and Alabama, British Columbia, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 208
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Persicaria longiseta. Downloaded on 28 March 2023.

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