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Polygonum molle - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Polygonum molle - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Polygonum molle - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Polygonum molle - Leaf insertion - Click to enlarge!

Leaf insertion; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Polygonum molle - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Dataset

Internal reference: 1567
Date of entry: 07.02.2011
Last update: 23.05.2014

Common name

English: Soft Knotweed

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2515)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2414)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2045)

      Order: Polygonales (28)

        Family: Polygonaceae (29) (family description)

          Genus: Polygonum (8)

           Epithet: molle D. Don (5)

molle => soft, tender, usually meaning pubescent like velvet

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

External links

Check for Polygonum molle at World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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