Polygonaceae FAMILY

Persicaria filiformis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Persicaria filiformis is a herbaceous perennial plant with stout rhizomes; it produces a clump of erect stems around 50 - 80cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ], The plant is harvested from the wild for use as a medicine and possibly also as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Himalayas of Pakistan and India, southern China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Philippines

HabitatForests, thickets, valleys; at elevations from 100 - 2,500 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Woods and thickets in lowland and hills all over Japan[ 58 Title Flora of Japan. (English translation) Publication Author Ohwi. G. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Year 1965 ISBN - Description The standard work. Brilliant, but not for the casual reader. ].