Polygonum senticosum (Meisn.) Franch. & Sav.

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Stems trailing or ascending, 1-2 cm tall, much branched, angulate, with retrorse prickles along angles; petiole 2-7 cm, retrorsely prickly; leaf blade triangular or narrowly triangular, 4-8 × 2-7 cm, both surfaces pubescent, abaxially with sparse retrorse prickles along veins, base hastate or broadly cordate, margin retrorsely prickly, apex acuminate; ocrea tubular, 5-10 mm, membranous, apex with green herbaceous reniform-orbicular wing, margin ciliate. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, capitate; peduncles branched, shortly glandular hairy; bracts narrowly ovate, ciliate. Pedicels shorter than bracts, 1.5-2.5 mm, glabrous. Perianth pinkish, 5-parted; tepals oblong, 3-4 mm. Stamens 8, in 2 whorls. Styles 3, connate to below middle; stigmas capitate. Achenes black, dull, subglobose, 2.5-3 mm. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Jul-Sep.
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A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.51 - 0.51
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Polygonum senticosum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:696437-1
WFO ID wfo-0001101626
COL ID 4L9YH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Truellum japonicum Persicaria senticosa Polygonum typhoniifolium Polygonum babingtonii Polygonum senticosum Polygonum senticosum var. formosanum