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Scientific classification
Synonyms
Aconogonon alaskanum (Small) Soják Aconogonon hultenianum var. lapathifolium (Cham. & Schltdl.) S.P.Hong Polygonum alaskanum (Small) W.Wight ex Hultén Polygonum alpinum subsp. alaskanum (Small) S.L.Welsh Polygonum alpinum var. lapathifolium Cham. & Schltdl. Polygonum polymorphum var. lapathifolium (Cham. & Schltdl.) Ledeb.

Koenigia alaskana (synonym Aconogonon alaskanum, Persicaria alpina) is an Asian and North American species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family known by the common names Alaska wild-rhubarb and alpine knotweed.

Description

This herbaceous perennial grows up to 2 meters (almost 7 feet) tall, with a woody root. Flowers are white or pale green, borne in elongated arrays.

Distribution

Koenigia alaskana is native to Alaska, the Yukon, and Magadan Oblast in the Russian Far East.

Cultivation

It is cultivated in areas with enough space for its substantial mounds of foliage. Under the name Persicaria alpina it has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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