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Persicaria senticosa

Botanic Family

Polygonaceae

Author

(Meisner) H. Gross ex Nakai

Common Names

• Mamako-no-shiri-nu-gui (Japan)
• Da jian ye liao (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Fujian
• Gansu
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Ghuizhou
• Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• Japan
• Korea
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Lowland thickets
• foothills
• wet valleys
• ditches

Flowering Times

• Jun-Sep (Japan)
• Jun-Aug (China)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Oct (China)

Slender puberulant scandent annual herb with scabrous stems, recurved prickles, puberulous leaves to 80mm x 80mm. White or pinkish, terminal or axilliary inflorescence of 1 or 2 flowers to 4mm long, black-brown inflated achenes 3mm x 3mm

Further References

• FOJ
• FOC
• Mobot