Pale Persicaria
Encyclopedia
Pale Persicaria is a plant of the family Polygonaceae
. It is closely related to Redshank
and as such is considered a weed in Britain and Europe.
Other common names for the plant include pale smartweed, curlytop knotweed, and willow weed.
The species is a species complex
made up of a great many varying forms, sometimes considered varieties. The environment also has a strong influence on the morphology
of an individual plant.
Polygonaceae
Polygonaceae is a family of flowering plants known informally as the "knotweed family" or "smartweed family"— "buckwheat family" in the United States. The name is based on the genus Polygonum and was first used by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789 in his book, Genera Plantarum. The name refers...
. It is closely related to Redshank
Redshank (plant)
The Redshank is a perennial plant from the Knotweed family Polygonaceae. It is also called Persicaria, Redleg, Lady's-thumb, Spotted Ladysthumb, Gambetta, and Adam's Plaster in Newfoundland...
and as such is considered a weed in Britain and Europe.
Other common names for the plant include pale smartweed, curlytop knotweed, and willow weed.
The species is a species complex
Cryptic species complex
In biology, a cryptic species complex is a group of species which satisfy the biological definition of species—that is, they are reproductively isolated from each other—but whose morphology is very similar ....
made up of a great many varying forms, sometimes considered varieties. The environment also has a strong influence on the morphology
Morphology (biology)
In biology, morphology is a branch of bioscience dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features....
of an individual plant.