Persicaria acuminata

(Kunth) M.Gómez Species

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Botanical name
Persicaria acuminata
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Persicaria
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Persicaria acuminata

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Persicaria acuminata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Chulusium acuminatum Polygonum acuminatum Polygonum acuminatum var. brachystemon Polygonum acuminatum var. capense Polygonum acuminatum var. glabrescens Polygonum acuminatum var. humboldtii Polygonum acuminatum var. microstemon Polygonum acuminatum var. setigerum Polygonum acuminatum var. subcordatum Polygonum acuminatum var. weddellii Polygonum alfredi Polygonum bettfreundianum Polygonum floribundum Polygonum guatemalense Polygonum setigerum

Others in Persicaria

Persicaria bistorta
Common Bistort
Persicaria alpina
Alpine Knotweed
Persicaria amphibia
Amphibious Bistort
Persicaria amphibia var. natans
Persicaria arifolia
Halberdleaf Tearthumb
Persicaria attenuata
Hairy Knotweed
Persicaria amplexicaulis
Red Bistort
Persicaria arcuata

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