ON THIS PLANT
Persicaria extremiorientalis, the east Asian smartweed, is a plant species in the buckwheat family, native to Japan, China, Korea, and far eastern Russia and introduced to the eastern United States where it is found from North Carolina to Massachusetts.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Persicaria
- Family
- Polygonaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en east Asian smartweed
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