EPPO Global Database

Persicaria sagittata(POLSA)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: POLSA
  • Preferred name: Persicaria sagittata
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Gross

Notes

China, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu), Korea, Russia (Far East), North America. Frequently occurs as a weed of disturbed sites. Naturalized in Ireland


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Persicaria sieboldii (Meisner) Ohki
Polygonum sagittatum Linnaeus
Polygonum sieboldii Meisner
Polygonum sieboldii var. aestivum (Ohki) Ohwi

Common names
Name Language
American tear-thumb English (US)
arrowleaf tear-thumb English (US)
arrowvine English (US)
poligono seghettato Italian
aki-no-unagitsukami Japanese
aki-no-unagizuru Japanese
アキノウナギツカミ Japanese
アキノウナギヅル Japanese
горец болотный Russian
горец Зибольда Russian
горец стрелолистный Russian
колючестебельник Зибольда Russian
jiàn tóu liǎo Chinese
箭头蓼 Chinese