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Polygonum japonicum Meisn.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Polygonum L. (タデ)
Shirobanasakuratade (シロバナサクラタデ, 白花桜蓼), white-flower smartweed
Lifeform: perennial forb < 2 m in height
Distribution: eastern and central China - Taiwan - Korea - Japan
Habitat: wetlands, abondoned rice fields, grasslands, reservoirs, ditches, riverbanks, etc.
Chromosome number: 2n = 40, 44, 49 or 50
Synonyms:

Persicaria japonica (Meisn.) Nakai ex Ohki var. japonica, when Persicaria is established
Persicaria sterilis (Nakai) Nakai et Ohki
Persicaria japonica (Meisn.) Nakai et Ohki ssp. micrantha (Nakai) Sugim., discarded

var. conspicuum Nakai (サクラタデ), syn. Persicaria odorata (Lour.) Soják ssp. conspicua (Nakai) Yonek.
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Polygonum japonicum in Japan


ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] in Fukuoka Zoo and Botanical Garden, northern Kyushu, on September 20 2025.

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