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Persicariahydropiperoides (Michaux) Small. Section:Persicaria. Waterpepper. Phen: May-Nov. Hab: Swamp forests, streams, ditches. Dist: NS, ON, and AK, south to FL, TX, and CA, and into the New World tropics.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA5, K3, K4, Mex, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, Tn, Va; = Polygonumhydropiperoides Michx. – Bah, K1, NcTx, W, WH3, WV, Horton (1972); > Persicariahydropiperoides (Michx.) Small – S; > Persicariahydropiperoides (Michx.) Small var. bushiana (Stanford) Mohlenbr. – Il; > Persicariahydropiperoides (Michx.) Small – Il, Tx; > Persicariahydropiperoides (Michx.) Small var. opelousana (Riddell ex Small) J.S.Wilson – Tx; > Persicariaopelousana (Riddell ex Small) Small – Il, S, S13; > Persicariapersicarioides (Kunth) Small – S13; > Polygonumhydropiperoides Michx. – GW2, Tat, Mitchell & Dean (1978); > Polygonumhydropiperoides Michx. var. breviciliatum Fernald – F; > Polygonumhydropiperoides Michx. var. bushianum Stanford – F; > Polygonumhydropiperoides Michx. var. digitatum Fernald – F; > Polygonumhydropiperoides Michx. var. euronotorum Fernald – F; > Polygonumhydropiperoides Michx. var. hydropiperoides – C, F, RAB; > Polygonumhydropiperoides Michx. var. opelousanum (Riddell ex Small) Riddell ex W.Stone – C, RAB; > Polygonumhydropiperoides Michx. var. psilostachyum H.St.John – F; > Polygonumopelousanum Riddell – GW2, Tat, Mitchell & Dean (1978); > Polygonumopelousanum Riddell var. adenocalyx Stanford – F; > Polygonumopelousanum Riddell var. opelousanum – F
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Horticultural Information
Intro:Erect or sprawling perennial of swamp forests, streams and ditches.
Stems:Stems often leaning on ground and forming mats (rooting at nodes) but turning upward at ends; occasionally branched, slightly hairy above and smooth below.
Leaves:Leaves alternate, short-petiolate and with a fringed sheath (ocrea) where petiole joins stem, lance-shaped, 2-8 in. long (reduced upward), smooth or hairy, lacking the red blotch of some other Persicaria species.
Inforescence:
Flowers:Flowers closely spaced in terminal and axillary spikes (to 3 in. long); pale pink to greenish-white; less than 1/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 ascending tepals united at their bases, 8 stamens and a 3-parted style.
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Comments:
Height:to 3 ft.
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description:Erect or sprawling perennial of swamp forests, streams and ditches.
stems:Stems often leaning on ground and forming mats (rooting at nodes) but turning upward at ends; occasionally branched, slightly hairy above and smooth below.
leaves:Leaves alternate, short-petiolate and with a fringed sheath (ocrea) where petiole joins stem, lance-shaped, 2-8 in. long (reduced upward), smooth or hairy, lacking the red blotch of some other Persicaria species.
inflorescence:
flowers:Flowers closely spaced in terminal and axillary spikes (to 3 in. long); pale pink to greenish-white; less than 1/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 ascending tepals united at their bases, 8 stamens and a 3-parted style.
