familyPolygonaceae
subfamilyPolygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
genusPersicaria
sectionPersicaria sect. Rubrivena
speciesPersicaria wallichii
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Persicaria wallichii
Willdenowia 19: 41. 1989.
Common names: Himalayan knotweed Kashmir plume
Basionym: Polygonum polystachyum Wallich ex Meisner
Synonyms: Aconogonon polystachyum (Wallich ex Meisner) M. Král Pleuropteropyrum polystachyum (Wallich ex Meisner) Munshi & G. N. Javied Reynoutria polystachya (Wallich ex Meisner) Moldenke Rubrivena polystachya (Wallich ex Meisner) M. Král
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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.
Selected References
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