Scientific Name: Persicaria praetermissa
Common Name: arrow waterpepper
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Polygonaceae
Form Description: Annual herb with slender yellowish or greenish-brown stems, 60-150cm long. Leaves are 3-6cm long and variable in shape, ranging from arrow-shaped to lance-shaped. The midrib and veins on the underside of the leaves are bristly.
Flowers: Flowers occur in the axils of the upper leaves and on the ends of the stems. Flowers are 3mm long.
Fruit: Nut – swollen.
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Habitat Notes
Margins of streams and rivers 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.