Persicaria decipiens
| Persicaria decipiens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Persicaria |
| Species: | P. decipiens |
| Binomial name | |
| Persicaria decipiens (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson | |
Persicaria decipiens, commonly known as slender knotweed, is a species of flowering plant native to Australia and Asia.[1]
Persicaria decipiens is a trailing plant whose stems reach 30 cm (1 ft) high. Its narrow elliptic to lanceolate (spear-shaped) leaves are 5–12 cm (2-5 in) long and 0.5–1.3 cm (0.2-0.5 in) across.[1]
Likely pollinators of its flowers are insects, including honeybees, native bees, flies, wasps and small butterflies.[2]
References
- 1 2 New South Wales Flora Online: Persicaria decipiens by Wilson, K.L., Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
- ↑ Benson, Doug; McDougall, Lyn (1999). "Ecology of Sydney Plant Species Part 7a: Dicotyledon families Nyctaginaceae to Primulaceae" (PDF). Cunninghamia 6 (2): 402–508 [484].
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