EPPO Global Database

Persicaria pensylvanica(POLPY)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-03-02

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: POLPY
  • Preferred name: Persicaria pensylvanica
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Gómez

Notes

North America. Naturalized as a weed elsewhere

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Polygonum pensylvanicum Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
annual smartweed English (US)
Pennsylvania smartweed English (US)
pink smartweed English (US)
pinkweed English (US)
pennsylvanischer Knöterich German
renouée de Pennsylvanie French
moco de guajolote Spanish (HN)
kvarnpilört Swedish
горец пенсильванский Russian
møllehønsegras Norwegian
pensylvaniantata Finnish
pensylvaniantatar Finnish
rdesno pensylvánské Czech