| Polygonum nipponense, a perennial
height of approximately 50cm, the stems have small downward prickles
and crawl on the ground at the lower parts. Leaves, alternately
arranged, each 3-8cm in length, oval or broadly lanceolate, the tip
pointed, with truncate or heart-shaped bases. Approximately ten
flowers come on the branch tops: the peduncles having glandular
hair, perianths deeply cleft into five - upper parts red, and lower
ones white. |
