Class
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Persicaria prostrata (R.Br.) Soják (1974)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Polygonum prostratum R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 419 (1810)
Description
Prostrate, appressed-hirsute perennial; stems to 30 cm long, woody at base, with antrorse hairs, tending to form a mat; taproot present. Lvs all similar, subsessile or with short petiole. Lamina 6–25 × 2–7 mm, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, minutely serrulate; base narrow-cuneate; apex obtuse. Ochreae to 8 mm long, with appressed hairs, ciliate. Racemes spike-like, usually axillary, rarely terminal; rachis sometimes with very short glandular hairs and hirsute; peduncle to c. 12 mm long; infl. 8–20 mm long; pedicels very short, hidden. Fls 15–25; bracts often = or > fls, pink, hirsute. Perianth 1.5–1.8 mm long, eglandular, green, accrescent; segments ± broad-elliptic, somewhat imbricate. Nut 1.4–1.7 mm diam., biconvex or subglobose, ± shining, black, finely granular.
[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Polygonum prostratum R.Br.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Bibliography
Brown, R. 1810: Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen. Johnson, London.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Coloniser]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Coloniser]
Wilson, K.L. 1988: Polygonum sensu latu (Polygonaceae) in Australia. Telopea 3: 177–182.
