Family Index

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Scientific Name

Persicaria hydropiper

Family Name

POLYGONACEAE

Common Name

Green Waterpepper

Status

Height

25-100cm

Flowers

1-3 flowers occur together in most of the leaf axils, and in slender spikes at the ends of the branches. Flowerheads often droop at the tip. Flowers have dot-like markings, and green lobes with white or pale pink margins.

Fruit

Nut

Form

Annual herb with reddish-green, slender stems, usually branched from the base. Leaves are 2-9cm long and lance-shaped.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Central Coast; Dorset; King Island; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands

Communities

Habitat Notes

Damp places and stream margins in the north of the State.

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

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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

Fruits are 3-3.5mm long, dark brown or black.

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