Species

Persicaria perfoliata

Etymology

Persicaria: Medieval name referring to the likeness of the leaves to a peach tree
perfoliata: From the Latin per 'through' and folia 'leaf', referring to the way the stem appear to pass through the leaf

Family

Polygonaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

PERPER

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Lianes and Related Trailing Plants

Flower Colours

Green

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010