Download Copy a link to this page Cite this record

Polygonum orientale L.

Scientific name record
Names_Plants record source
This is a synonym
This record has descriptions

Click to collapse Nomenclature Info

L.
L.
1753
362
ICN
Polygonum orientale L.
species
Polygonum orientale

Click to collapse Classification Info

orientale

Click to collapse Vernacular names Info

Click to collapse Descriptions Info

Polygonum orientale L.

Hairy, fibrous-rooted annual with erect stems 20-150-(250) cm tall. Lvs on main stem similar to those on branches; petiole to c. 10 cm long, densely hispid. Lamina 7-25 × 4-17 cm, ovate, entire, with margin and veins densely hispid above and below, otherwise hairs sparser; base rounded to cordate, broadly cuneate on infl. lvs; apex cuspidate. Ochreae c. 2 cm long on main part of stem, green, with apical lobes prominently setose. Infl. a large open panicle with densely hairy branches terminating in dense pendulous spikes (1)-3-8 cm long; pedicels to 5 mm long, enclosed by bracts until anthesis; bracts 4-6 mm long, scarious, with appressed hairs, densely ciliate. Perianth 3-5 mm long, crimson in bud, somewhat paler at anthesis, accrescent, eglandular; segments broad-ovate to broad-elliptic, imbricate. Nut c. 4 mm long, broad-ovoid and ± biconvex, glossy black, with a shallow depression in the middle on each side.

Click to collapse Taxonomic concepts Info

Polygonum orientale L.
Polygonum orientale L.

Click to collapse Metadata Info

96ae4ece-2fa6-464b-9f8b-b1060825ef6e
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
24 October 2007
Click to go back to the top of the page
Top