Family Index

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Scientific Name

Persicaria decipiens

Family Name

POLYGONACEAE

Common Name

Slender Waterpepper

Status

Vulnerable

Height

Flowers

Flowers are slender, 2.5-3.5mm long and found at the end of the main branches. The flower tube is green and the petals are pale to deep pink, sometimes white.

Fruit

Nut

Form

Annual or perennial herb with slender, prostrate stems up to 60cm long, rooting at the base and sparingly branched. The leaves often have a black blotch near the middle, and the veins and margins are hairy.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Central Coast; Circular Head; Devonport; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Kentish; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell

Communities

Habitat Notes

Banks of rivers and streams, most common in the North, including Cataract Gorge.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Grown from seed using the bog method, seed should be sown fresh. Very easily propagated from cuttings of young plants, or by division. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Fruit is 3mm long, dark brown and shining.

Seed Treatment Method

Bog method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Yes

Cutting Notes