- Pronunciation: pers-ee-CARE-ee-ah di-SIP-ee-ens
- Common Name: Slender knotweed
- Type: Annual or Perennial Herb, aquatic
- Family: POLYGONACEAE
- Flowers: The flowers are slender and situated at the end of the main and side branches. The whole Flower is between 2.5-3.5 mm long with the tube greenish and shorter than the lobes, which are pale to deep pink and sometimes white.
- Fruit: The Fruit are approximately 3 mm long, solidly triangular and dark brown and shining
- Vegetation Type: Freshwater Wetlands stream and river banks
- Species List: BSDoonan, Stratford Park, Cranks Creek, Heritage Park, aquatic Plant,
Identification Notes
Leaves: The Leaves are very shortly stalked and are lance shaped with
long-pointed tips. They are broad and measure between 5-10 cm long and 1-3 cm. The
Leaves sometimes have hairs along the Veins on the lower surface wide. The Leaf
margins are stiff, hairy, green and often have a black notch near the middle. This
Species has a distinctive characteristic of sheathing outgrowths at the base of the Leaf
stalk (stipules), which are thin, pale, green or pinkish and sparsely hairy.
