Photo: Polygonum orientale 6.

Photo: Polygonum orientale 6.

Flowering tops. MTT Karila research station, Mikkeli, Finland. Planted. 2002-08-13.


Polygonum orientale L.
Engl.: kiss me over the garden gate, prince's feather, prince's plume, princess feather.
Deu.: Chinesischer Knöterich.
Suom.: purppuratatar.
Sven.: purpurpilört.
Jap.: o-ke-tade.
TCM: shui hong.
Bot. syn.: Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach, Persicaria pilosa (Roxb.) Kitag., Polygonum pilosum Roxb.