Scientific Name: Persicaria subsessilis
Common Name: bristly waterpepper
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Polygonaceae
Threatened Species Status: Endangered
Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.
Form Description: Perennial herb with few branches and erect stems. Leaves are narrow, 6-10cm long, with stiff, erect hairs on both surfaces and a long, pointed tip.
Flowers: Flower heads occur at the ends of the branches, in 2-4 slender spikes. Flowers are pink and 3mm long.
Fruit: Nut – dark brown and 2.5mm long.
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Habitat Notes
Under Melaleuca ericifolia scrub and in wet and rocky places in the north of the State, 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.