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Polygonaceae
Persicaria

not marked as a favorite taxon *Persicaria filiformis (Thunberg) Nakai. Common name: Japanese Jumpseed. Habitat: Suburban woodlands, escaping from horticultural use. Distribution: Native of e. Asia. Reported as naturalizing in Baltimore County, Maryland, and Arlington County, Virginia (Simmons et al. 2020), but probably more widespread than currently mapped.

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Section: Tovara.

Origin/Endemic status: E., se., and s. Asia

Taxonomy Comments: This species is sold under various cultivar names ("Bat Wings", "Lance Corporal", "Painter's Palette"), often misrepresented as the native Persicaria virginiana.

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, NS, POWO; = Antenoron filiforme (Thunb.) Roberty & Vautier — K4; = n/a — C, Can, FNA5, Pa, Tat; = Persicaria virginiana (L.) Gaertn. var. filiformis (Thunb.) J.M.H.Shaw — Shaw (2008). Basionym: Polygonum filiforme Thunberg 1784

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