Taxon: Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross

Summary

Genus:

Persicaria

Family:

Polygonaceae

Subfamily:

Polygonoideae

Tribe:

Persicarieae

Nomen number:

409767

Place of publication:

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49:275. 1913

Verified:

08/23/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Polygonum perfoliatum L.

No images

Links

Forestry Images – Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils (unpublished draft)
Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In: Luken, J. O. & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. 255-267.
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Galasso, G. 2011. Review of Polygonaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. In: , pers. comm.
Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
Güner, A. 1984. A new record for the flora of Turkey and a new sub species from Anatolia. Candollea 39:345-348.
Hough-Goldstein, J. et al. 2012. Status on an ongoing biological control program for the invasive vine, Persicaria perfoliata in eastern North America. BioControl 57:181-189. DOI: 10.1007/s10526-011-9417-z.
International Development Consortium. Invasive species compendium (on-line resource).
Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) of the IUCN Species Survival Commission; National Biological Information Infrastructure, Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research and the University of Auckland. Global invasive species database (on-line resource).
Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Lake, E. C. et al. 2014. Integrating management techniques to restore sites invaded by mile‐a‐minute weed, Persicaria perfoliata. Restorat. Ecol. 22:127-133. DOI: 10.1111/rec.12035.
Oliver, J. D. 1996. Mile-a-minute weed (Polygonum perfoliatum L.), an invasive vine in natural and disturbed sites. Castanea 61:244-251. Note: as Polygonum perfoliatum L.
Park, C.-W. 1988. Taxonomy of Polygonum section Echinocaulon (Polygonaceae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 47:22. Note: = Polygonum perfoliatum L.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (on-line resource).
Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Polygonum perfoliatum L.
2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)

Common names

LANGUAGE	NAME	NOTE	SEQ	CITATION
English	devil's-tail tearthumb	as Polygonum perfoliatum	1	Oliver, J. D. 1996. Mile-a-minute weed (Polygonum perfoliatum L.), an invasive vine in natural and disturbed sites. Castanea 61:244-251.
English	giant climbing tearthumb		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	mile-a-minute-vine		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	mile-a-minute-weed	as Polygonum perfoliatum	1	Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In: Luken, J. O. & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. 255-267.
English	minuteweed		1	Oliver, J. D. 1996. Mile-a-minute weed (Polygonum perfoliatum L.), an invasive vine in natural and disturbed sites. Castanea 61:244-251.
English	tearthumb		1	Oliver, J. D. 1996. Mile-a-minute weed (Polygonum perfoliatum L.), an invasive vine in natural and disturbed sites. Castanea 61:244-251.
Japanese Rōmaji	ishimikawa	as Polygonum perfoliatum	2	Oliver, J. D. 1996. Mile-a-minute weed (Polygonum perfoliatum L.), an invasive vine in natural and disturbed sites. Castanea 61:244-251.
Transcribed Chinese	gang ban gui	as Polygonum perfoliatum	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Polygonum perfoliatum L.

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Anhui Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Fujian Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Gansu Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guizhou Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hainan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hebei Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Heilongjiang Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Henan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hubei Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hunan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangsu Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangxi Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jilin Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Liaoning Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Nei Mongol Zizhiqu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shaanxi Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shandong Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shanxi Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Sichuan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Xizang Zizhiqu	possibly
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Zhejiang Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	Hong Kong
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Hokkaidô
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Honshu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Kyushu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Ryukyu Islands
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Shikoku
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Korea
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Amur
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Primorye
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bangladesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bhutan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India		n.e.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Nepal
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines		n.
2	Cultivated					also cult.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey
4	Naturalized	Northern America		Canada
4	Naturalized	Northern America		North America
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	West Indies

Native
Asia-Temperate

RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Amur, Primorye]
CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Hainan Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Heilongjiang Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Shaanxi Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Shanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Xizang Zizhiqu (possibly), Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng], Hong Kong
EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan [Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku], Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India (n.e.), Nepal
INDO-CHINA: Thailand, Vietnam
MALESIA: Malaysia, Philippines (n.)

Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Turkey

Northern America

REGION: North America, Canada

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: West Indies

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Weed		Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Weed		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Weed		Hough-Goldstein, J. et al. 2012. Status on an ongoing biological control program for the invasive vine, Persicaria perfoliata in eastern North America. BioControl 57:181-189. DOI: 10.1007/s10526-011-9417-z.
Weed		Lake, E. C. et al. 2014. Integrating management techniques to restore sites invaded by mile‐a‐minute weed, Persicaria perfoliata. Restorat. Ecol. 22:127-133. DOI: 10.1111/rec.12035.
Weed		Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils (unpublished draft)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=409767. Accessed 25 April 2024.