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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