Polygonum.—Water Pepper.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Polygonum arifolium L.
Engl.: halberdleaf tearthumb, halbert-leaved tear-thumb, hastate knotgrass, sickle grass.
Bot. syn.: Tracaulon arifolium (L.) Raf.
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