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|accepted_name=Persicaria capitata
|accepted_authority=(Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don) H. Gross
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Jahrb. Syst.
|place=49: 277. 1913
|year=1913
}}
|common_names=Pink-head knotweed
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Polygonum capitatum
|authority=Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don
|rank=species
|publication_title=Prodr. Fl. Nepal.,
|publication_place=73. 1825
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae;Persicaria;Persicaria sect. Cephalophilon;Persicaria capitata
|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 capitata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 580
|treatment_page=page 579
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual or perennial, 0.5–5 dm; roots also often arising from proximal nodes. <b>Stems</b> prostrate, glabrous or glandular-pubescent. <b>Leaves</b>: ocrea brown or reddish brown, cylindric to funnelform, 5–12 mm, chartaceous, base inflated or not, margins oblique, eciliate or ciliate with bristles to 1.5 mm, surface lanate, sometimes also glandular-pubescent; petiole 2–5 mm, winged distally; blade ovate to elliptic, 1.5–4(–6) × 0.6–2.5(–3.3) cm, base cuneate or tapering, margins ciliate with reddish, multicellular hairs, apex acute, faces glandular-pubescent abaxially and adaxially, not glandular-punctate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, 5–20 × 7-18 mm; peduncle 10–40 mm, glabrous or stipitate-glandular in distal 1/5; ocreolae overlapping, margins eciliate. <b>Pedicels</b> spreading, 0.5–1 mm. <b>Flowers</b> 1–5 per ocreate fascicle; perianth greenish white proximally, pinkish distally, urceolate, glabrous, nonaccrescent; tepals 5, elliptic, 2–3 mm, apex acute to obtuse; stamens 8, filaments distinct, free; anthers pink to red, elliptic; styles 3, connate to middle or distally. <b>Achenes</b> included, reddish brown to brownish black, 3-gonous, 1.5–2.2 × 1–1.5 mm, shiny, smooth or minutely punctate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Disturbed, urban places
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Calif.;La.;Oreg.;Asia (Bhutan;w China;n India;Nepal);introduced also in the Pacific Islands (Hawaii).
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Persicaria capitata</i> is planted as a garden groundcover. It escapes infrequently in the flora area; once established outside of cultivation it can be difficult to eradicate.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Persicaria capitata
|authority=(Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don) H. Gross
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Polygonum capitatum
|family=Polygonaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Disturbed, urban places
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Calif.;La.;Oreg.;Asia (Bhutan;w China;n India;Nepal);introduced also in the Pacific Islands (Hawaii).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Jahrb. Syst.
|publication year=1913
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_1187.xml
|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
|genus=Persicaria
|section=Persicaria sect. Cephalophilon
|species=Persicaria capitata
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