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Common name

English: Soft Knotweed

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Polygonales (28)

        Family: Polygonaceae (30)(family description)

          Genus: Polygonum (8)

            Epithet: molle D. Don (5)

molle => soft, tender, usually meaning pubescent like velvet

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

External links

Check for Polygonum molle at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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