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Polygonaceae
Small water-pepper
Persicaria minor
Also known as Polygonum minus var. subcontinum, Polygonum minus var. laxiflorum, Polygonum strictum, Persicaria minor subsp. depressa
Native Plants · Water Pepper · Persicaria · Wetland Plant · Pond Margin · Bog Plant · Polygonaceae · Riparian · Moisture Loving · Native Wildflower · Medicinal Herb
Small water-pepper grows best in consistently moist to wet soil, making it ideal for pond margins, rain gardens, or boggy areas with partial shade. It is a low-growing annual or short-lived perennial that spreads readily in suitable conditions and requires little intervention once established. Keep it away from areas where it might outcompete more delicate wetland species.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist; thrives in wet or waterlogged conditions near water features · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Caroline Is., Central European Rus, Chita, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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