Polygonaceae
Red shank
Persicaria maculosa
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Persicaria
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Common names
By language (51)
- ab
- Абжьарца
- Arabic
- إبهام السيدة, حشيشة القُرعان
- Asturian
- Perceguera, Yerbamora
- azb
- قیرمیزیباش قیرخبوغوم
- ba
- Геморрой үләне
- Basque
- Astapiper
- Belarusian
- Драсён звычайны, Гарчак, Герчак, Гусятник дзікі, Драсён белы, Драсён чырвоны, Дросен, Дросень
- Burmese
- မဟာကာပိုးချေး
- Catalan
- Persicària, Herba presseguera
- Chinese
- 春蓼, 桃叶蓼, 春寥（桃叶寥）, 蓼, 马蓼, 春寥
- Croatian
- Pjegasti dvornik
- csb
- Plachcowi dërdest
- Czech
- Rdesno červivec
- Danish
- Fersken-Pileurt
- Dutch
- Perzikkruid
- English
- Red shank, Redshank, Spotted ladysthumb
- Estonian
- Harilik kirburohi
- Finnish
- Hanhentatar
- French
- Renouée persicaire, Renouee persicaire
- frr
- Noopknober
- Georgian
- Ბოსტნის წალიკა
- German
- Floh-Knöterich, Flohknöterich, Pfirsichblättriger Knöterich
- hsb
- Blečkata wuroć
- Hungarian
- Baracklevelű keserűfű
- Icelandic
- Flóajurt
- io
- Persikario
- Irish
- Glúineach dhearg
- Italian
- Poligono persicaria
- Japanese
- ヨウシュハルタデ
- Kazakh
- Aýlanşöp, Айланшөп, ٴايلانشوپ
- Kyrgyz
- Суу кымыздык
- Latvian
- Blusu sūrene, Blusene
- Lithuanian
- Dėmėtasis rūgtis
- Macedonian
- Обична подворка, Дамчеста подворка
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hønsegras, Hønsegress
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Hønsegras
- Persian
- پرسیکاریا ماکولسا
- Polish
- Rdest plamisty
- Russian
- Горец почечуйный, Блошная трава, Геморройная трава, Горкушник, Персикария пятнистая, Почечуйная трава
- Serbian (Latin)
- Pjegasti dvornik
- sgs
- Diemietasės rūgtis, Diemietas rūgtis
- shn
- မႁႃႇၵႃႇတိၼ်မူင်ႈ
- Slovak
- Horčiak broskyňolistý
- Slovenian
- Breskova dresen
- Spanish
- Polyganum dubium, Polyganum fusiforme, Polyganum maculata, Polyganum minus, Polyganum puritanorum, Polyganum ruderalis, Polyganum vulgaris
- stq
- Smaatekaan
- Swedish
- Åkerpilört
- Tajik
- Буғумак
- Ukrainian
- Гірчак почечуйний, Сорочі лапки
- Welsh
- Y ganwraidd goesgoch
- xmf
- Სარდაკია
Synonyms
- Persicaria dolichopoda (Ohki) Ohki ex Nakai
- Persicaria fusiformis (Greene) Greene
- Persicaria maculosa var. argentea Gray
- Persicaria mitis Garsault
- Persicaria salicifolia Gray
- Polygonum dolichopodum Ohwi
- Polygonum fusiforme Greene
- Polygonum persicaria L.
- Polygonum persicaria var. ruderale Meisn.
- Polygonum puritanorum Fernald
- Polygonum ruderale Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to October (from 1,486 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: dghjertaas, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Meghan Cassidy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jose Castro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: TeunSpaans at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: penarc, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Виктор Шумов, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Cowles, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: UuMUfQ, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pam Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jeff Hansen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel Atha, CC0, 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.