Polygonaceae

Nepalese smartweed

Persicaria nepalensis (Meisn.) Miyabe

Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Persicaria

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Common names

By language (4)

Chinese: 尼泊尔蓼, 尼泊爾蓼, 野蕎麥, 野荞麦, 猫儿眼睛
English: Nepalese smartweed
Japanese: タニソバ
Welsh: Canwraidd Nepal

Synonyms

Cephalophilon nepalense (Meisn.) Tzvelev
Persicaria alata (Buch.-Ham.) Nakai
Polygonum alatum (D.Don) Buch.-Ham. ex Spreng.
Polygonum alatum var. nepalense (Meisn.) Hook.f.
Polygonum nepalense Meisn.
Polygonum nepalense var. adenothrix Nakai
Polygonum punctatum var. alatum D.Don
Polygonum quadrifidum Hayata

Photos

Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ajay Sahu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Yvan Fischer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.