✿Polygonaceae · Persicaria
Snowball Flower
Persicaria hastatoauriculata
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Indo-Malayan
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Persicaria hastatoauriculata
- Genus
- Persicaria
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Indo-Malayan
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Snowball Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Polygonaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Achene
Typical of the Polygonaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Snowball Flower
A member of the Polygonaceae family, Snowball Flower (Persicaria hastatoauriculata) is a herb. It is native to Indo-Malayan. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Polygonaceae
Buckwheat/Knotweed family
Snowball Flower belongs to the Polygonaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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