Persicaria orientalis

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 its native distribution as ranging from the Russian far east to Indochina, Malesia and Australia.^[5] It is widely cultivated and naturalized.^[4]

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  Leaf
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  Stem with ochrea (sheath)
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  Inflorescence
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  In cultivation in England

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[1]
Synonyms[1]
Amblygonum orientale (L.) Nakai Goniaticum solitarium Stokes Heptarina orientalis (L.) Raf. Lagunea cochinchinensis Lour. Lagunea orientalis (L.) Nakai Persicaria cochinchinensis (Lour.) Kitag. Polygonum amoenum Blume Polygonum cochinchinense (Lour.) Meisn. Polygonum orientale L. Polygonum pilosum Roxb. ex Wall. Polygonum spaethii Dammer Polygonum torquatum Bruyn Reynoutria spaethii (Dammer) Moldenke