Author: | Kerstin
Haraldson, 1978 |
Family: |
POLYGONACEAE |
Origin: |
China,
Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam |
Soil: |
Mix - Rich |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
30 Centimetres |
Height: |
4 Meters |
Flower:
|
White |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
Chinese
Knotweed, Fo Ti Root, Mangeblomstret Pileurt |
Synonyms: |
Polygonum multiflorum, Carl Peter Thunberg, 1784.
Fallopia multiflora, Sergei Kirillovich Czerepanov, 1981.
Bilderdykia multiflora (Thunb.) Roberty & Vautier.
Fagopyrum multiflora, I. Grinţ.
Fagopyrum
multiflorum, I. Grinţ.
Helxine multiflora Raf.
Pleuropterus multiflorus, Nakai.
Reynoutria
multiflora, Harold Norman Moldenke, 1941.
Aconogonon hypoleucum, Soják.
Fallopia multiflora var. angulata, H.J.Yan, Z.J.Fang &
Shi X.Yu.
Fallopia multiflora var. hypoleuca, Yonek. & H.Ohashi.
Pleuropterus cordatus, Turcz.
Polygonum chinense, Houtt.
Polygonum multiflorum var. angulatum, S.Y.Liu.
Polygonum multiflorum var. hypoleucum, T.S.Liu, S.S.Ying
& M.J.Lai.
Reynoutria multiflora var. hypoleuca, S.S.Ying. |
This member of the
Polygonaceae family was given this name by Kerstin Haraldson in
1978. It is found
in China, Taiwan, Vietnam and Japan, growing in a well drained to rather rich soil with
some water and some sun. The caudex can grow to 30
centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to four metres in
height. The
flowers are white. The
genera name after Gabriello Fallopia, 16th century Italian anatomist
who discovered fallopian tubes. The species name means 'many
flowers'. |