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Persicaria hydropiper
FamilyGenus: Persicarianative in Germany
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About this species
A native annual of damp, nutrient-rich places, Persicaria hydropiper produces slender spikes of small greenish-pink flowers from July to October. It favours moist, fertile soils in full sun.
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Pollination
Ecological significance
As a native plant of damp, fertile habitats, Persicaria hydropiper forms a natural part of the flora and does not require management.
Annual cycle
Flowers from July to October.
Standort & Merkmale
Light
Sonne
Moisture
Feucht
Soil
Starkzehrer (Nährstoffreicher/Fetter Boden)
Flowering period
Jul – Okt
Soil reaction
Mäßig sauer bis neutral
Bioregion
Continental
Growth form
Krautige Pflanze
Woodiness
Nicht verholzt
Leaf type
Breitblättrig
Plant height
0.639 m
Morphological traits: TRY ID3 (CC BY 3.0) & TRY ID81 (CC BY)
Pflege & Anbau
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Light: Full sun
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Moisture: Moist
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Soil: Nutrient-rich (fertile, heavy feeder)
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Height: Approximately 0.6 m
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Growth: Herbaceous, non-woody
Scientific profile
Persicaria hydropiper is a native annual herb growing to about 0.6 metres in height. The plant bears broad leaves on non-woody stems. Flowering takes place from July to October, with spikes of tiny greenish-pink blossoms. It is a species of damp, nutrient-rich ground, typical of stream-sides, marshes and wet meadows, where it thrives in full sun and prefers mildly acid to neutral conditions. It shows a low tolerance of salinity and appears most at home on sites subject to little disturbance.
Pollinators & visitors
6 Arten interagieren mit dieser Pflanze
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•FloraWeb / BfN
•EIVE 1.0 — Dengler et al. (2023), DOI: 10.3897/VCS.98324 (CC BY 4.0)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•TRY Categorical Traits (ID3) — Kattge et al. (2012), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.3 (CC BY 3.0)
•TRY Global Spectrum (ID81) — Díaz et al. (2016/2021), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.81 (CC BY)
•Govaerts R et al. (2025) — World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) v14. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. DOI: 10.34885/xs7h-ze42 (CC BY 4.0)
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