Pan India Bouquets

Persicaria tenella (Blume) H.Hara

Family : Polygonaceae
(Buckwheat Family)
Family (Hindi name) : JANGLI PALAK FAMILY (जंगली पालक फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygonaceae
Synonym(s) : Persicaria minor subsp. depressa (Danser) Soják; Persicaria minor var. latifolia (A.Braun) Akeroyd; Persicaria stricta (All.) M.R.Almeida; Peutalis minor (Huds.) Raf.; Polygonum angustifolium Roth; Polygonum banca Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f.; Polygonum banka Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Polygonum daphnophyllum Andrz.; Polygonum daphnophyllum Andrz. ex Meisn.; Polygonum humirepens Gand.; Polygonum hypostictum Miq. ex Meisn.; Polygonum intermedium Ehrh.; Polygonum minus Huds.; Polygonum minus var. latifolium A.Braun; Polygonum minus var. subcontinum Meisn.; Polygonum pusillum Lam.; Polygonum serrulatum Hohen. ex Boiss.; Polygonum strictum All.; Polygonum strictum var. subcontinuum Meisn.; Polygonum tenellum Blume; Polygonum vulgare Gueldenst.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Persicaria minor (Huds.) Opiz
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Marshy ground; 270 - 2000 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Grows in moist places and ditches at higher altitudes
Key identification features : Cilia much shorter than the ochreal tube. Spikes not drooping. Stamens 5. Nuts c. 1.5 mm.
Flower, Fruit : April-December
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
Native : Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kh
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Eurasia
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 209; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 163
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 tenella. Downloaded on 5 December 2023.

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