*Persicaria filiformis (Thunberg) Nakai. Section: Tovara. Common name: Japanese Jumpseed. Habitat: Suburban woodlands, escaping from horticultural use. Distribution: Native of e. Asia. Reported as naturalizing in Baltimore County, MD, and Arlington County, VA (Simmons et al. 2020), but probably more widespread than currently mapped.
Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. 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; = Antenoron filiforme (Thunb.) Roberty & Vautier — K4; = n/a — C, FNA5, Pa, Tat; = Persicaria virginiana (L.) Gaertn. var. filiformis (Thunb.) J.M.H.Shaw — Shaw (2008). Basionym: Polygonum filiforme Thunb. 1784
Links to other floras: = n/a - FNA5
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Horticultural Information
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