Polygonum.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Aconogonon alpinum (All.) Schur.
Engl.: Alaska wild rhubarb, alpine knotweed.
Deu.: Alpen-Knöterich.
Sven.: alpslide, honungsspirea.
Suom.: alppitatar.
TCM: gao shan shen xue ning.
Bot. syn.: Persicaria alpina (L.) H. Gross, Pleuropteropyrum alpinum (All.) Nakai, Polygonum alpinum All.
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