Taxon:
Polygonum aviculare L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:362. 1753
Verified:
03/09/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
doorweed – English knotgrass – knotgrass – knotweed – prostrate knotweed – wireweed – English (Canada)
prostrate knotweed – French
renouée des oiseaux – French (Canada)
renouée des oiseaux – Portuguese (Brazil)
erva-de-bicho-dos-passarinhos – sempre-noiva-dos-passarinhos – Transcribed Chinese
bian xu – Transliterated Russian
gorlec – gusjatnica – sporyš ptičij –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. weed of cult. |
6 | Other | | | | | origin unknown |
Naturalized
(widely natzd. weed of cult.)
Other
(origin unknown)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | folklore | | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2 |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |