Dock & Knotweed Family [Polygonaceae] |
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25th Sept 2008, roadside bank, Silverdale, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
A long spike of brilliant red flowers, reminiscent of those of Purple Loosestrife or Rosebay Willowherb. |
25th Sept 2008, roadside bank, Silverdale, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
The leaves are ovate or lanceolate heart-shaped, dock-like, and clasp the stem at a node. |
25th Sept 2008, roadside bank, Silverdale, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
The flower spike has many red five-petalled flowers amidst upright long cylindrical seed-pods. |
25th Sept 2008, roadside bank, Silverdale, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
The flowers are not all open, those that are splay five prominent petals and perhaps twice as many prominent stamens tipped with indigo pollen. |
25th Sept 2008, roadside bank, Silverdale, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
Most of the flowers are closed and tubular-like. |
16th Sept 2014, Moses Gate Country Park, Farnworth, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
Flowers in close-up |
16th Sept 2014, Moses Gate Country Park, Farnworth, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
Amplexicaul leaves; they wrap around the stem at the rear without being attached there. Note the sheath extending up the stem on the plant, which is typical of Bistorts and plants of the Persicaria genera. |
25th Sept 2008, roadside bank, Silverdale, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
The dock-like leaves clasp the stem at nodes. |
25th Sept 2008, roadside bank, Silverdale, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
The red flowers and greenish long cylindrical seed pods. |
16th Sept 2014, Moses Gate Country Park, Farnworth, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
Flowers in close-up |
Some similarities to : Purple Loosestrife or Rosebay Willowherb Uniquely identifiable characteristics Very showy plant. More likely to be found near a garden. Likes growing in damp shady places, roadside verges, railway banks, or by streams.
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Persicaria | amplexicaulis | ⇐ Global Aspect ⇒ | Polygonaceae |
Persicaria (Bistorts) |
Dock & Knotweed Family [Polygonaceae] |