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Polygonum orientale L.
kiss me over the garden gate

       
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Photo of Polygonum orientale L.
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. China, Peking. Usage Requirements.
 
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Images:
Polygonum orientale L.

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Synonyms:
Polygonum orientale L.

  PEOR9 Persicaria orientalis (L.) Assenov
  POSP10 Polygonum spaethii Dammer
 

Distribution:
Polygonum orientale L.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (NB, ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Polygonum orientale L.

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 80 species in Polygonum
 

Classification:
Polygonum orientale L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Caryophyllidae
Order Polygonales
Family Polygonaceae – Buckwheat family
Genus Polygonum L. – knotweed
Species Polygonum orientale L. – kiss me over the garden gate
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Polygonum orientale L.

Prince's feather

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SEEPPC        Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
 

Introduced Information:
Polygonum orientale L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Polygonum orientale L.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
UPL,FACW FACU- FACU- UPL NO FAC- FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Polygonum orientale L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20909.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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