- Taxon
- Weed
Recognition
- a mat-like perennial herbaceous plant with a slender, woody rootstock and long slender, creeping, rooting stems.
- its leaves are 1.5-5.5 cm long, becoming red with age, rose-pink, and with a brownish blotch above.
- its inflorescence is a globose head 7-20 mm across and with numerous small flowers.
- its flowers are pink, 2.5-3 mm long and it produces a small (1.5 mm long) and brown nut.
References
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42. [as Polygonum capitatum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don]