Persicaria chinensis
Chinese Knotweed, Creeping Smartweed
Other regional names: Chinese Smartweed +1 more
- Chinese Smartweed
- Common Marsh Buchwheat
Also known as: Ampelygonum chinense (L.) Lindl. +15 more
- Ampelygonum chinense (L.) Lindl.
- Ampelygonum chinense var. thunbergianum (Meisn.) Masam.
- Ampelygonum salarkhanii Hassan
- Ampelygonum umbellatum (Houtt.) Masam.
- Cephalophilon chinense (L.) Borodina
- Coccoloba asiatica Lour.
- Coccoloba indica Wight ex Meisn.
- Persicaria chinensis (L.) Nakai
- Persicaria chinensis var. brachiata (Poir.) H.Hara
- Persicaria chinensis var. procumbens (Z.E.Zhao & J.R.Zhao)
- Persicaria chinensis var. siamensis H.Lév.
- Persicaria chinensis var. thunbergiana (Meisn.) Okuyama
- Persicaria umbellata (Houtt.) Nakai
- Polygonum adenopodum Sam.
- Polygonum adenotrichum Griff.
- Polygonum asiaticum (Lour.) B.D.Jacks.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Polygonaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial.
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Persicaria chinensis (commonly known as Chinese knotweed or Creeping smartweed) is a herbaceous perennial within the Polygonaceae family. It naturally occurs in Temperate Asia and Tropical Asia. In its natural range, this species typically occurs in temperate conditions. There are naturally occurring varieties of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL
Regions (WGSRPD)
China, Eastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Hawaii, Jamaica, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pakistan, Réunion
Subspecies, Varieties & Forms