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Polygonaceae

Polygonum muricatum Meisn.

Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Polygonum

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Polygonum muricatum: Persicaria muricata , Aizu area, Fukushima pref., Japan
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
小花蓼, 小蓼花, 夜交藤
Japanese
ヤノネグサ

Synonyms

  • Persicaria muricata (Meisn.) Nemoto
  • Persicaria nipponensis (Makino) H.Gross
  • Persicaria nipponensis Nakai
  • Polygonum hastatosagittatum var. latifolium Makino
  • Polygonum kirinense S.X.Li & Y.L.Chang
  • Polygonum nipponense Makino
  • Polygonum oliganthum Diels
  • Polygonum strigosum var. muricatum (Meisn.) Stew.
  • Polygonum thunbergii var. spicatum H.Lév.
  • Polygonum uniflorum Y.X.Ma & Y.T.Zhao
  • Tracaulon muricatum (Meisn.) Greene
  • Truellum muricatum (Meisn.) Soják
  • Truellum nipponense (Makino) Soják

Flowers

In flower
June to July, October (from 13 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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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.