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|accepted_name=Persicaria nepalensis
|accepted_authority=(Meisner) H. Gross
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Jahrb. Syst.
|place=49: 277. 1913
|year=1913
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Polygonum nepalense
|authority=Meisner
|rank=species
|publication_title=Monogr. Polyg.,
|publication_place=84, plate 7, fig. 2. 1826
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae;Persicaria;Persicaria sect. Cephalophilon;Persicaria nepalensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polygonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Persicaria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Persicaria sect. Cephalophilon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Persicaria nepalensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 579
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual, 3–5 dm; roots also often arising from proximal nodes. <b>Stems</b> decumbent to ascending, glabrous except for fleshy, retrorse, whitish hairs at nodes. <b>Leaves</b>: ocrea brownish or hyaline, cylindric to funnelform, 4–10 mm, chartaceous, base inflated or not, margins oblique, eciliate, surface glabrous or with bristlelike hairs proximally; petiole 0.1–3 cm, winged to base, leaves sometimes sessile; blade ovate-deltate, 1.5–5 × 1–4 cm, base rounded to truncate, margins glabrous or scabrous, apex acute, faces pilose and glandular-punctate abaxially, glabrous adaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal and axillary, 5–10 × 5–10 mm; peduncle 2–20 mm, apex stipitate-glandular; ocreolae overlapping, margins eciliate. <b>Pedicels</b> mostly ascending, 0.1–1 mm, flowers sometimes sessile. <b>Flowers</b> 1–2 per ocreate fascicle; perianth white to pink or lavender, urceolate, glabrous, scarcely accrescent; tepals 4(–5), oblong to broadly elliptic, 2.5–3 mm, apex acute to obtuse; stamens (5–)8, filaments distinct, free; anthers purplish black, elliptic; styles 2, connate proximally. <b>Achenes</b> included, dark brown to black, biconvex, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 mm, dull, minutely punctate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Disturbed sites, gravel bars in lowland zone
|elevation=0-900 m
|distribution=B.C.;Conn.;Fla.;Mass.;N.Y.;Pa.;Asia;introduced also in Europe;Africa.
|introduced=true
|tables=
|references=
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name=Persicaria nepalensis
|authority=(Meisner) H. Gross
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Polygonum nepalense
|family=Polygonaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Disturbed sites, gravel bars in lowland zone
|elevation=0-900 m
|distribution=B.C.;Conn.;Fla.;Mass.;N.Y.;Pa.;Asia;introduced also in Europe;Africa.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Jahrb. Syst.
|publication year=1913
|special status=Introduced
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|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
|genus=Persicaria
|section=Persicaria sect. Cephalophilon
|species=Persicaria nepalensis
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