Persicaria extremiorientalis (Vorosch.) Tzvelev

Filed As

Polygonaceae
Persicaria extremiorientalis (Vorosch.) Tzvelev

Collector(s)

D. E. Atha 8092, 26 Aug 2009

Location

United States of America. New York. Bronx Co. New York City. Grounds of The New York Botanical Garden. N of Waring Ave and E of the Bronx River.

Habitat

Compost facility surrounded by fallow ground of spontaneous, native and exotic woody and herbaceous plants. The ground not particularly wet here.

Description

Herb, erect, ca 20 cm tall; leaf blades chalky tasting, not peppery, the adaxials with a dark patch in the center; flowers pinkish. There is a large patch of Persicaria here. The plants get progressively taller toward the "back" where they are competing with other, taller species, including young shrubs and trees. And they get progressively shorter toward the "front" where they are driven over by large machines and periodically sprayed with herbicides and mowed. They are intermediate in the middle of the patch. This plant came from the "front". Atha 8093 from the middle of the patch, Atha 8094 from further back and Atha 8095 from the back edge. Phenology of specimen: Flower and Fruit.

Notes (shown on label)

Sample preserved in silica gel at NY

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 01116192

Occurrence ID: 2524315f-8a30-43ca-a199-cac5ab385722

Laboratory Collections

Tissue Samples, 01120892, D. E. Atha 8092, Persicaria extremiorientalis (Vorosch.) Tzvelev - Accepted : Polygonaceae (94.0) : : : Magnoliophyta;

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