Persicaria hydropiper (L.) Delarbre (syn. Polygonum hydropiper L.)

Taxonomy: Fam. Polygonaceae// Genus: Persicaria// Species: Persicaria hydropiper (L.) Delarbre.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Webb and Chater in Tutin et al. (1964) and Micevski in Micevski (1995) as Polygonum hydropiper L, Sp. PL. 361 (1753). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (Uotila, 2017+) is Persicaria hydropiper (L.) Delarbre, Fl. Auvergne, ed. 2: 518. 1800.

Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to Northwest Africa, Temperate Eurasia to West and Central Malesia, Australia according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Found on the banks of rivers and streams and other wet and moist places.

Flowering period: Late summer – fall: AUG, SEP, OCT.

*Persicaria hydropiper* – habit. Hilly region near Kochani, 11.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Persicaria hydropiper* – flowering stems with inflorescences. Hilly region near Kochani, 11.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Persicaria hydropiper* – inflorescence. Hilly region near Kochani, 11.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Persicaria hydropiper* –flowers. Hilly region near Kochani, 11.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Persicaria hydropiper* – lower flowers. Hilly region near Kochani, 11.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Persicaria hydropiper* – flowers with glandular-punctate perianth. Hilly region near Kochani, 11.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Persicaria hydropiper* – stem with leaves. Hilly region near Kochani, 11.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Persicaria hydropiper* – leaves. Hilly region near Kochani, 11.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Persicaria hydropiper* – adaxial side of leaf. Hilly region near Kochani, 11.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Persicaria hydropiper* – abaxial side of leaf. Hilly region near Kochani, 11.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Persicaria hydropiper* – stem and ochrea. Hilly region near Kochani, 11.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Persicaria hydropiper* – lower part of plant. Hilly region near Kochani, 11.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Persicaria hydropiper (L.) Delarbre. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77069479-1 [Accessed 15.12.2024].

Persicaria hydropiper. Uotila, P. (2017+): Polygonaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1c8794ee-02b4-4efe-a04b-ddf40fd0cea1 [15.12.2024].

Polygonum L. Micevski, K. (1995). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 3. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts,pp. 438 – 449.

Polygonum L. Webb, D.A. and Chater, A.O. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1964). Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 76 – 80.

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