| Name | Polygonum persicaria Linnaeus |
| Authorship | Linnaeus |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | Unknown |
| Placed in | Polygonum Linnaeus |
| Contains | Polygonum persicaria subsp. hirticaule Danser |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:696241-1 |
| Holdings | 284 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Polygonum persicaria Linnaeus |
| Identification made in | [no date] (281), 1963 (1), 1972 (1), 1977 (1) |