Scientific Name: Persicaria hydropiper
Common Name: green waterpepper
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Polygonaceae
Form Description: Annual herb with reddish-green, slender stems, usually branched from the base. Leaves are 2-9cm long and lance-shaped.
Height (m): 0.25 – 1
Flowers: 1-3 flowers occur together in most of the leaf axils, and in slender spikes at the ends of the branches. Flower heads often droop at the tip. Flowers have dot-like markings, and green lobes with white or pale pink margins.
Fruit: Nut – 3-3.5mm long, dark brown or black.
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Habitat Notes
Damp places and stream margins in the north of the State.
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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.