Persicaria capitata

Persicaria capitata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Persicaria
Species:
P. capitata
Binomial name
Persicaria capitata
Synonyms[1]
  • Polygonum capitatum Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don 1825
  • Cephalophilon capitatum (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) Tzvelev

Persicaria capitata, the pink-headed persicaria,[2] pinkhead smartweed,[3] pink knotweed, Japanese knotweed, or pink bubble persicaria, is an Asian species of plants in the genus Persicaria within the Polygonaceae (US: buckwheat) family. It is native to Asia (China, South Asia, Indochina)[4] and grown as an ornamental in other countries. It has become naturalized in Australia, South Africa and a few scattered locations in the Americas.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ The Plant List, Persicaria capitata (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Gross
  2. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. ^ NRCS. "Polygonum capitatum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference lisa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map, Persicaria capitata
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference nswfo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Flora of North America, Persicaria capitata