Scientific Name: Persicaria dicipiens

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  • 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. Thewhole flower is between 2.5-3.5 mm long with the tube greenish and shorter than thelobes, which are pale to deep pink and sometimes white.
  • Fruit:
    The fruit are approximately 3 mmlong, solidly triangular and dark brown and shining
  • Vegetation Type:
    Freshwater Wetlands stream and river banks
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, 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.

Associated Fauna

Wallum Sedge Frog