Taxon: Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross

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A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

AL(as Polygonum perfoliatum)*, CT(as Polygonum perfoliatum)*, MA(as Polygonum perfoliatum)*, NC(as Polygonum perfoliatum)*, OH(as Polygonum perfoliatum)*, PA(as Polygonum perfoliatum)*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Link to species profile at

Common names:

• devil's-tail tearthumb   (Source: Castanea 61:244.1996 [as Polygonum perfoliatum]) – English
  
• giant climbing tearthumb   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• mile-a-minute-vine   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• mile-a-minute-weed   (Source: Pl Invasion [as Polygonum perfoliatum]) – English
  
• minuteweed   (Source: Castanea 61:244.1996) – English
  
• tearthumb   (Source: Castanea 61:244.1996) – English
  
• gang ban gui   (Source: F ChinaEng [as Polygonum perfoliatum]) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• ishimikawa   (Source: Castanea 61:244.1996 [as Polygonum perfoliatum]) – Japanese Rōmaji
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Weed   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Castanea 61:244-251. 1996; Invasive Pl Spec; F NAmer)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Amur, Primorye
  China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang [possibly], Yunnan, Zhejiang; Hong Kong
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku; Korea; Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh; Bhutan; India [n.e.]; Nepal
  Indo-China: Thailand; Vietnam
  Malesia: Malaysia; Philippines [n.]

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Turkey
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Canada
  North America
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: West Indies

• also cultivated

References:

• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. Pp. 255–267 in: Luken, J. O. & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Galasso, G. 2011. Review of Polygonaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Güner, A. 1984. A new record for the flora of Turkey and a new sub species from Anatolia. Candollea 39:345–348.
• International Development Consortium. Invasive species compendium (on-line resource).
• Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) of the IUCN Species Survival Commission; National Biological Information Infrastructure, Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research and the University of Auckland. Global invasive species database (on-line resource).
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Park, C.-W. 1988. Taxonomy of Polygonum section Echinocaulon (Polygonaceae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 47:22. [= Polygonum perfoliatum L.].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (on-line resource).
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). [= Polygonum perfoliatum L.].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Persicaria perfoliata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Persicaria perfoliata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Persicaria perfoliata.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Polygonum perfoliatum L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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