Polygonaceae
Persicaria barbata
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Persicaria
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Common names
By language (1)
- Chinese
- 毛蓼
Synonyms
- Persicaria barbata var. barbata
- Persicaria omerostroma (Ohki) Sasaki
- Pogalis barbata (L.) Raf.
- Polygonum barbatum L.
- Polygonum kotoshoense Ohki
- Polygonum omerostromum Ohki
Flowers
- In flower
- March to January (from 41 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Guo Jason, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Agnes Trekker, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: vrxz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 沈玟伶(Wen-Ling Shen), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bella Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.