Polygonaceae
Persicaria orientalis
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Persicaria
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 紅草, 紅蓼, 红蓼, 东方蓼, 荭草, 水红花子, 狗尾巴花, 红寥（红草）
- Czech
- Rdesno východní
- Korean
- 노인장대
- Slovenian
- Vzhodna dresen
Synonyms
- Amblygonum orientale (L.) Nakai
- Amblygonum orientale var. pilosum (Roxb. ex Meisn.) Nakai
- Amblygonum orientale var. pilosum (Roxb. ex Meisn.) Nakai ex T.Mori
- Amblygonum pilosum (Meisn.) Nakai
- Goniaticum solitarium Stokes
- Heptarina orientalis (L.) Raf.
- Lagunea cochinchinensis Lour.
- Lagunea orientalis (L.) Nakai
- Lagunea orientalis var. pilosa (Roxb. ex Meisn.) Nakai
- Persicaria cochinchinensis (Lour.) Kitag.
- Persicaria pilosa (Roxb.) Kitag.
- Polygonum amoenum Blume
- Polygonum cochinchinense (Lour.) Meisn.
- Polygonum cordobense Lindau
- Polygonum orientale L.
- Polygonum orientale var. discolor Benth.
- Polygonum orientale var. pilosum (Roxb. ex Meisn.) Meisn.
- Polygonum pilosum Wall.
- Polygonum pilosum Roxb.
- Polygonum torquatum De Bruyn
- Polygonum torquatum De Bruyn
Photos
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Photo: Nesnad, CC BY 3.0, 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.