Noosa's Native Plants

• Pronunciation: pers-ee-CARE-ee-ah stree-GO-sah
• Common Name: Prickly Smartweed
• Type: Herb Aquatic
• Family: POLYGONACEAE
• Size: Leaves to 11x 4 cm
• Flowers: white, Terminal, summer to autumn
• Vegetation Type: Wallum Woodland, Freshwater Wetland
• Species List: Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Wallace Park, BSDoonan, Cooloothin Corner, Cranks Creek, TAFE, Noosa Banks, Heritage Park, aquatic Plant,

Identification Notes

prickles on Stem and lower mid-rib of arrow-shaped Leaves