Persicaria strigosa

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Family Polygonaceae

Taxonomy: Persicaria strigosa (R.Br.) H.Gross

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Polygonum strigosum R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
Tracaulon strigosum (R.Br.) Greene (nomenclatural synonym)
Truellum strigosum (R.Br.) Soják (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Polygonum arifolium L. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NT, Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Kubiak_2009 (1), Metcalfe_2009 (15), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), NSWFRD_2014 (7), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 40 traits from 65 records in 11 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1); resprouts (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 4.8 mo (4.8-4.8 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 2.65 mm (2.3-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 2 mm (1.8-2.2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 2 mm (1.8-2.2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (1); nut (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); red (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 1248 mm2 (1248-1248 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 56.25 mm (40-65 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 23.5 mm (15-32 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 1.32 cm (0.8-2.5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): hastate (1); sagittate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): chamaephyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): annual (1); perennial (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): creeping (1); decumbent (1); prostrate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): fly (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1); hydrochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1); water (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): belowground_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.86 mg (0.86-0.86 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	10	16	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Metcalfe_2009	15	15	E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
NSWFRD_2014	7	7	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
SAH_2023	7	7	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_2	5	5	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	4	4	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kubiak_2009	1	1	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.