Taxon: Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross

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.]

• naturalized in North America, West Indies, & possibly s.w. Asia

References:

• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In J. O. Luken & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. (Pl Invasion)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F 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. (Pl Names)
• USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (Nat Invasive Sp Info)
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng) [= 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. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Polygonum perfoliatum L. (basionym)
  

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

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• 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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