EPPO Global Database

Polygonum perfoliatum(POLPF)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: POLPF
  • Preferred name: Polygonum perfoliatum
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Turkey, Russian Far East, Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan), Japan, Korea, New Guinea. Introduced in USA

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Persicaria perfoliata (Linnaeus) H.Gross

Common names
Name Language
Asiatic tearthumb English
devil's tail English
devil's tear-thumb English
giant climbing tearthumb English
mile-a-minute weed English
durchwachsener Knöterich German
ishimi-kawa Japanese
イシミカワ Japanese
горец пронзённолистный Russian
колючестебельник пронзённолистный Russian
хилокаликс пронзённолистный Russian
gāng bǎn guī Chinese
杠板归 Chinese
며느리배꼽 Korean
myeo neu ri bae kkop Korean