| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Persicaria capitata (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Gross |
| Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 277 (1913) |
| Native Range | Indian Subcontinent to s. China and Indo-China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 600-3500m |
| Description | leaves shortly petiolate, ovate or elliptic, 1-3cm, glandular-hirsute, entire, acute, inflorescence terminal, ca. 6-10mm wide |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | pinkish |
| Bloom | summer, autumn |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Cephalophilon capitatum (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Tzvelev Polygonum capitatum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Polygonum capitatum var. macilentum (Meisn.) Meisn. Polygonum capitatum var. pingue (Meisn.) Meisn. Polygonum repens Meisn. Polygonum repens var. macilentum Meisn. Polygonum repens var. pingue Meisn. Polygonum robynsii De Willd. Truellum capitatum (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) P.D.Sell |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHS China Southeast, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, IND India, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, SRL Sri Lanka, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar, THA Thailand, VIE Vietnam) |