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Persicaria runcinata

Persicaria runcinata
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Himalaya to Taiwan and W. Malesia
Climate
temperate

About

Persicaria runcinata is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native from the Himalayas east through mainland China to Taiwan and south to Java and the Philippines. It was first described in 1825 as Polygonum runcinata.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Persicaria runcinata 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.

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