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Persicaria bungeana
Persicaria bungeana is a herbaceous annual, flowering plant species in the family Polygonaceae. Commonly known as prickly smartweed or Bunge's smartweed, it is a weed found in soybean fields of the Mid-Western United States of America.
Persicaria bungeana originates in China, Japan, Manchuria, and Korea. It is an introduced species of cultivated fields in Illinois, Minnesota, and Iowa.
Prickly smartweed is found as a weed in soybean fields of Illinois, Minnesota, and Iowa. It is reported as an invasive species of the United States, but it is unknown when the species was introduced to the United States. Recently, it has been reported as an invasive species in Aitkin and Blue Earth Counties of Missouri.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Persicaria bungeana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
