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Persicaria tinctoria

Plants

Family: Polygonaceae · Genus: Persicaria

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Persicaria tinctoria is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family. Common names include Chinese indigo, Japanese indigo and dyer's knotweed. It is native to Southern China and Vietnam, and has been introduced to other parts of China, as well as Germany, Japan, Korea, Tibet, North and South Caucasus, parts of the Russian Far-East, and Ukraine.

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Growing details and traits for Persicaria tinctoria in the Library.

No cultivars in the Library yet — the full profile above covers the species itself.