Biology:Persicaria orientalis

Persicaria orientalis
	In Korea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Genus:	Persicaria
Species:	P. orientalis
Binomial name
	Persicaria orientalis; (L.) Spach
Synonyms
	Amblygonum orientale (L.) Nakai ; Stokes Lour. ; (Lour.) Meisn. Polygonum orientale; Lagunea orientalis L. ; Heptarina orientalis (L.) Nakai ; Roxb. ex Wall. Polygonum spaethii; Persicaria cochinchinensis Dammer ; Goniaticum solitarium (L.) Raf. ; (Lour.) Kitag. Bruyn ; Reynoutria spaethii Polygonum amoenum; (Dammer) Moldenke Lagunea cochinchinensis; Blume Polygonum torquatum; Polygonum pilosum Polygonum cochinchinense;

Short description: Species of plant

Persicaria orientalis is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae,^[1] known as kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate and princess-feather.^[2] It was first described, as Polygonum orientale, by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It was transferred to the genus Persicaria by Édouard Spach in 1841.^[3] Its native distribution is unclear.^[4] As of April 2023, Kew's Plants of The World Online lists it's native distribution as ranging from the Russian far east to Indochina, Malesia and Australia.^[5] It is widely cultivated and naturalized.^[4]