Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Fallopia japonica |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Polygonaceae |
| Family common name(s) | buckwheat; smartweed; knotweed |
| Genus common name(s) | fallopia |
| Species common name(s) | Japanese knotweed; Japanese fleece-flower; Japanese fleece flower; Japanese fleeceflower; Japanese polygonum; Japanese false bamboo; Japanese false-bamboo; Mexican-bamboo; Mexican bamboo; kontiki bamboo; Asiatic knotweed; reynoutria fleece-flower; reynoutria fleece flower; reynoutria fleeceflower; donkey rhubarb; Sally rhubarb; sally rhubarb; German sausage; peashooter plant; pea-shooter plant; bombascus; Hancock's curse |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | giant knotweed is applied to multiple Fallopia taxa; fleece-flower, fleece flower, fleeceflower, false-buckwheat, false buckwheat, knotweed, knot-weed, knot weed are applied to multiple Polygonaceae taxa; Japanese bamboo, Japanese-bamboo, Japanese arrowroot, false bamboo, false-bamboo, crimson beauty, wild rhubarb, wild-rhubarb, gypsy rhubarb, knot-grass, knot grass, knotgrass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc. |
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