Family: Polygonaceae
Scientific Name: Polygonum capitatum Magic Carpet
Common Name: Magic Carpet Knot Weed
Description | A cultivar of the more common Pink Knot Weed. |
Pronunciation | (poe-LIG-o-num) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Perennial Tender |
Hardiness Zone | 7-11 |
Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, some shade |
Moisture | average, moist |
Soil & Site | average, moist |
Flowers | pink, globular, found in dense erect spikes, look like they are knotted together, hence the name "Knotweed" |
Fruit | 3-sided achenes |
Leaves | simple, bronze-red, pink to red bands or blotches |
Stems | prostrate, trailing, angled, swollen nodes, forms a mat |
Roots | fibrous |
Dimensions | 2-4 inches stall, spreading to a foot, mat forming growth habit |
Propagation | seeds |
Native Site | Himalayas |
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