PLANTS Profile for Polygonum orientale (kiss me over the garden gate)

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PLANTS Profile

Polygonum orientale L.
kiss me over the garden gate


Symbol:		POOR2
Group:		Dicot
Family:		Polygonaceae
Growth Habit:		Forb/herb
Duration:		Annual
U.S. Nativity:		Introduced

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Polygonum orientale L.

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Plant Synonyms:
Polygonum orientale L.

	PEOR9	Persicaria orientalis (L.) Assenov
	POSP10	Polygonum spaethii Dammer

Plant Distribution by State:
Polygonum orientale L.

State Distributional Map for Polygonum orientale L.

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	AL AR CA CT DC DE FL GA IA IL IN KS KY LA MA ME MI	MN MO NC NE NH NJ NY OH OR PA RI SC TN TX VA VT WA	WI WV

Polygonum orientale L. occures in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia

Related Taxa:
Polygonum orientale L.

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 80 species in Polygonum

Classification:
Polygonum orientale L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae –
Order	Polygonales –
Family	Polygonaceae – Buckwheat family
Genus	Polygonum L. – knotweed
Species	Polygonum orientale L. – kiss me over the garden gate

Invasive Information:
Polygonum orientale L.

Prince's feather

This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.

SEEPPC

Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive Exotic Pest Plants in Tennessee(http://www.se-eppc.org/states/TN/TNIList.html, October 19, 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.

Introduced Information:
Polygonum orientale L.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Polygonum orientale L.

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UPL,FACW

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Polygonum orientale L.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20909.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from Wisconsin State Herbarium (UW-Madison).