Persicaria hydropiperoides Small

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Persicaria

Characteristics

Plants perennial, 1.5-10 dm; roots also often arising from proximal nodes; rhizomes often present. Stems decumbent to ascending, usually branched, without noticeable ribs, glabrous or obscurely strigose distally. Leaves: ocrea brown, cylindric, 5-23 mm, chartaceous, base inflated, margins truncate, ciliate with bristles (2-)4-10 mm, surface glabrous or strigose, not glandular-punctate; petiole 0.2-2 cm, glabrous or strigose; blade without dark triangular or lunate blotch adaxially, broadly lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 5-25 × 0.4-3.7 cm, base tapered or acute, margins antrorsely appressed-pubescent, apex acuminate, faces glabrous or appressed-pubescent along midveins and sometimes on faces, usually punctate abaxially. Inflorescences terminal, sometimes also axillary, erect, uninterrupted or interrupted proximally, 30-80 × 2-5 mm; peduncle 10-30 mm, glabrous or strigose; ocreolae overlapping distally, often not overlapping proximally, margins ciliate with bristles to 2(-3) mm. Pedicels ascending, 1-1.5 mm. Flowers bisexual or unisexual and staminate, 2-6 per ocreate fascicle, homostylous; perianth roseate proximally, roseate, white, or greenish white distally, not glandular-punctate or sometimes glandular-punctate with punctae on tubes and inner tepals, scarcely accrescent; tepals 5, connate ca. 1/ 1/ 2 their length, obovate, 2.5-4 mm in bisexual flowers, 1.5-2.5 mm in staminate flowers, veins prominent or not, not anchor-shaped, margins entire, apex obtuse to rounded; stamens 8, included or exserted in staminate flowers; anthers pink or red, elliptic to ovate; styles 3, connate near middle. Achenes included or apex exserted, brown to brownish black or black, 3-gonous, 1.5-3 × 1-2.3 mm, shiny, smooth.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support aquatic
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.48 - 0.9
Root system creeping-root rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 6-8
Soil humidity 5-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves shoots
Therapeutic use Arthritis (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Cicatrizant (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Infertility (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Refrigerant (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Vulnerary (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Wound(Veterinary) (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Colic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Persicaria hydropiperoides flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Persicaria hydropiperoides world distribution map, present in Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nepal, Panama, Peru, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Paraguay, Suriname, Tonga, Uruguay, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Persicaria hydropiperoides threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:190811-2
WFO ID wfo-0000488422
COL ID 4F9T3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 769029
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Persicaria hydropiperoides Polygonum hydropiperoides Polygonum hydropiperoides f. leucochranthum Polygonum hydropiperoides f. strigosum Polygonum barbatum Polygonum hydropiperoides var. asperifolium Polygonum hydropiperoides var. bushianum Polygonum hydropiperoides var. digitatum Polygonum hydropiperoides var. macerum Polygonum hydropiperoides var. macounii Polygonum hydropiperoides var. strigosum Persicaria hydropiperoides var. hydropiperoides Persicaria hydropiperoides var. setaceum Polygonum hydropiperoides var. sanibelense