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 buckwheat family. It is native to Asia (China, Indian Subcontinent, 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. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Polygonum capitatum​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. 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