Persicaria campanulata (Hook.F.) Ronse Decr.

Persicaire (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Persicaria

Characteristics

A herb. It lies along the ground. It grows 0.6-1.2 m high and spreads 0.9-1.5 m wide. The leaves have short stalks. They are oval or sword shaped. They are hairy above and woolly underneath. The leaves are 3.5-12 cm long. The flowers are white. They occur in loose flower clusters at the ends of branches. They become red with age.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. In Nepal it grows between 2100-4000 m altitude. It grows in moist, open places. It does well in shade. It suits hardiness zones 5-9.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-8

Usage

The tender shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or root offshoots.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Persicaria campanulata world distribution map, present in China and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:945897-1
WFO ID wfo-0000488033
COL ID 4F9QX
BDTFX ID 51319
INPN ID 112733
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Synonyms

Persicaria campanulata Polygonum campanulatum Aconogonon campanulatum Reynoutria campanulata Aconogonon campanulatum var. oblongum