Persicaria decipiens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Polygonaceae |
Genus: | Persicaria |
Species: | P. decipiens
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Binomial name | |
Persicaria decipiens (
R.Br.)
K.L.Wilson
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Synonyms [1] | |
List
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Persicaria decipiens, commonly known as slender knotweed, is a species of flowering plant native to Australia and Asia. [2]
Persicaria decipiens is a trailing plant whose stems grow horizontally at first but become more vertical with time, [3] reaching 30 cm (1 ft) high. Its narrow elliptic to lanceolate (spear-shaped) leaves are 5–12 cm (2–4.5 in) long and 0.5–1.3 cm (0.20–0.51 in) across. [2] The slender pink flower spikes appear from November to June, with a peak in February. [3] Cylindrical in shape, they are not stiff and tend to bend over. [2] The plant tends to die back in winter and regenerate after water. [3]
Persicaria decipiens was among the plants collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander on 5 May 1770 at Botany Bay during the first voyage of Captain James Cook. [4] Prolific Scottish botanist Robert Brown described the species as Polygonum decipiens in his 1810 work Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. [5] It was given its current name by Karen Wilson in 1988 as the broadly defined genus Polygonum was split into smaller genera. [4] Common names include slender knotweed, willow weed and snake root. [6]
P. decipiens is found in water and wet soil. It is found across Africa and the Mediterranean, [6] through southwestern Asia, Malesia and all states of Australia, as well as Norfolk Island, New Zealand and New Caledonia. [2] It has become naturalised in Madagascar. [6]
Likely pollinators of its flowers are insects, including honeybees, native bees, flies, wasps and small butterflies. [3]
Persicaria decipiens is not cultivated but is eaten locally in times of famine in Africa. [6]
Persicaria decipiens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Polygonaceae |
Genus: | Persicaria |
Species: | P. decipiens
|
Binomial name | |
Persicaria decipiens (
R.Br.)
K.L.Wilson
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
List
|
Persicaria decipiens, commonly known as slender knotweed, is a species of flowering plant native to Australia and Asia. [2]
Persicaria decipiens is a trailing plant whose stems grow horizontally at first but become more vertical with time, [3] reaching 30 cm (1 ft) high. Its narrow elliptic to lanceolate (spear-shaped) leaves are 5–12 cm (2–4.5 in) long and 0.5–1.3 cm (0.20–0.51 in) across. [2] The slender pink flower spikes appear from November to June, with a peak in February. [3] Cylindrical in shape, they are not stiff and tend to bend over. [2] The plant tends to die back in winter and regenerate after water. [3]
Persicaria decipiens was among the plants collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander on 5 May 1770 at Botany Bay during the first voyage of Captain James Cook. [4] Prolific Scottish botanist Robert Brown described the species as Polygonum decipiens in his 1810 work Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. [5] It was given its current name by Karen Wilson in 1988 as the broadly defined genus Polygonum was split into smaller genera. [4] Common names include slender knotweed, willow weed and snake root. [6]
P. decipiens is found in water and wet soil. It is found across Africa and the Mediterranean, [6] through southwestern Asia, Malesia and all states of Australia, as well as Norfolk Island, New Zealand and New Caledonia. [2] It has become naturalised in Madagascar. [6]
Likely pollinators of its flowers are insects, including honeybees, native bees, flies, wasps and small butterflies. [3]
Persicaria decipiens is not cultivated but is eaten locally in times of famine in Africa. [6]