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Polygonaceae
Persicaria

not marked as a favorite taxon *Persicaria nepalensis (Meisner) H. Gross. Common name: Nepalese Smartweed. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: River banks, shores, other moist disturbed areas. Sometimes grown as a groundcover. Distribution: Native of e. Asia.

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Section: Cephalopilon.

ID notes: Some of the horticultural selections have purple and/or whitish deltoid blazes on the leaves.

Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, FNA5, K4, NE, NY, Pa; = Cephalophilon nepalense (Meisn.) Tzvelev; = Polygonum nepalense Meisn. — C, F, G. Basionym: Polygonum nepalense Meisn. 1826

Links to other floras: = Persicaria nepalensis - FNA5

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