Scientific Name: Persicaria decipiens
Common Name: slender waterpepper
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Polygonaceae
Threatened Species Status: Vulnerable
Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.
Form Description: 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.
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 – 3mm long, dark brown and shining.
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Habitat Notes
Banks of rivers and streams, most common in the north, including Cataract Gorge.
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Treatment Method
Bog Method The seeds of many wetland species need to be kept wet to germinate. Punch a hole in the side of a recycled polyfoam box so that it holds water to the required depth. Sit the tubes in the box to germinate. Once germinated, punch holes in the bottom of the box to allow drainage.
Seed Treatment Notes
Seed should be sown fresh.
Cutting & Division Information
Very easily propagated from cuttings of young plants, or by division.