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|accepted_name=Persicaria nepalensis
|accepted_authority=(Meisner) H. Gross
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Jahrb. Syst.
|place=49: 277. 1913
|year=1913
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Polygonum nepalense
|authority=Meisner
|rank=species
|publication_title=Monogr. Polyg.,
|publication_place=84, plate 7, fig. 2. 1826
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae;Persicaria;Persicaria sect. Cephalophilon;Persicaria nepalensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polygonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Persicaria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Persicaria sect. Cephalophilon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Persicaria nepalensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 579
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>annual, 3–5 dm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root orientation">roots also often arising from proximal nodes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem orientation;stem pubescence;stem texture;stem orientation;hair coloration"><b>Stems </b>decumbent to ascending, glabrous except for fleshy, retrorse, whitish hairs at nodes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="ocreum coloration;ocreum coloration;ocreum shape;ocreum some measurement;ocreum pubescence or texture;base shape;base shape;margin orientation or shape;margin pubescence;surface pubescence;surface pubescence;hair architecture"><b>Leaves:</b> ocrea brownish or hyaline, cylindric to funnelform, 4–10 mm, chartaceous, base inflated or not, margins oblique, eciliate, surface glabrous or with bristlelike hairs proximally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="petiole some measurement;petiole architecture;leaf architecture">petiole 0.1–3 cm, winged to base, leaves sometimes sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape;blade length;blade width;base shape;margin pubescence;margin pubescence;apex shape;face pubescence;face coloration or relief;face pubescence">blade ovate-deltate, 1.5–5 × 1–4 cm, base rounded to truncate, margins glabrous or scabrous, apex acute, faces pilose and glandular-punctate abaxially, glabrous adaxially.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence position;inflorescence length;inflorescence width"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal and axillary, 5–10 × 5–10 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="peduncle some measurement;apex pubescence">peduncle 2–20 mm, apex stipitate-glandular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="ocreola arrangement;margin pubescence">ocreolae overlapping, margins eciliate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="pedicel orientation;pedicel some measurement;flower architecture"><b>Pedicels </b>mostly ascending, 0.1–1 mm, flowers sometimes sessile.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower quantity"><b>Flowers </b>1–2 per ocreate fascicle;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="perianth coloration;perianth shape;perianth pubescence;perianth size">perianth white to pink or lavender, urceolate, glabrous, scarcely accrescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="tepal atypical quantity;tepal quantity;tepal shape;tepal some measurement;apex shape">tepals 4 (–5), oblong to broadly elliptic, 2.5–3 mm, apex acute to obtuse;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stamen atypical quantity;stamen quantity;filament fusion;filament fusion">stamens (5–) 8, filaments distinct, free;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="anther coloration;anther arrangement or shape">anthers purplish black, elliptic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="style quantity;style fusion">styles 2, connate proximally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="achene position;achene coloration;achene shape;achene length;achene width;achene reflectance;achene coloration or relief"><b>Achenes </b>included, dark-brown to black, biconvex, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 mm, dull, minutely punctate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Disturbed sites, gravel bars in lowland zone
|elevation=0-900 m
|distribution=B.C.;Conn.;Fla.;Mass.;N.Y.;Pa.;Asia;also in Europe;Africa
|introduced=true
|tables=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Persicaria nepalensis
|authority=(Meisner) H. Gross
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Polygonum nepalense
|family=Polygonaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Disturbed sites, gravel bars in lowland zone
|elevation=0-900 m
|distribution=B.C.;Conn.;Fla.;Mass.;N.Y.;Pa.;Asia;also in Europe;Africa
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Jahrb. Syst.
|publication year=1913
|special status=Introduced
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|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
|genus=Persicaria
|section=Persicaria sect. Cephalophilon
|species=Persicaria nepalensis
|achene coloration=dark-brown;black
|achene coloration or relief=punctate
|achene length=1.5mm;2mm
|achene position=included
|achene reflectance=dull
|achene shape=biconvex
|achene width=1mm;1.5mm
|anther arrangement or shape=elliptic
|anther coloration=purplish black
|apex pubescence=stipitate-glandular
|apex shape=acute;obtuse
|base shape=rounded;truncate
|blade length=1.5cm;5cm
|blade shape=ovate-deltate
|blade width=1cm;4cm
|face coloration or relief=glandular-punctate
|face pubescence=glabrous;pilose
|filament fusion=free;distinct
|flower architecture=sessile
|flower quantity=1;2
|hair architecture=bristlelike
|hair coloration=whitish
|inflorescence length=5mm;10mm
|inflorescence position=axillary
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|inflorescence width=5mm;10mm
|leaf architecture=sessile
|margin orientation or shape=oblique
|margin pubescence=eciliate;scabrous;glabrous;eciliate
|ocreola arrangement=overlapping
|ocreum coloration=hyaline;brownish
|ocreum pubescence or texture=chartaceous
|ocreum shape=cylindric
|ocreum some measurement=4mm;10mm
|pedicel orientation=ascending
|pedicel some measurement=0.1mm;1mm
|peduncle some measurement=2mm;20mm
|perianth coloration=white;pink or lavender
|perianth pubescence=glabrous
|perianth shape=urceolate
|perianth size=accrescent
|petiole architecture=winged
|petiole some measurement=0.1cm;3cm
|root orientation=arising
|stamen atypical quantity=5;8
|stamen quantity=8
|stem orientation=retrorse;decumbent;ascending
|stem pubescence=glabrous
|stem texture=fleshy
|style fusion=connate
|style quantity=2
|surface pubescence=with bristlelike hairs;glabrous
|tepal atypical quantity=4;5
|tepal quantity=4
|tepal shape=oblong;broadly elliptic
|tepal some measurement=2.5mm;3mm
|whole_organism duration=annual
|whole_organism growth form=plant
|whole_organism some measurement=3dm;5dm
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