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Pink Knotweed
Pink Knotweed
Persicaria capitata
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Southeast Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Status
Uncommon

About

This creeping plant grows in rocky Asian mountain crevices and spreads across the ground. Its spherical pink flower heads contain hundreds of tiny blossoms that bloom in sequence.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Persicaria
Species
Persicaria capitata