| Description | Fire Tail Mountain Fleece Flower (Persicaria amplexicaulis) has red flower spikes. Forms thick clumps in moist soil. |
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| Pronunciation | (per-sih-KAR-ee-uh)(am-pleks-ih-KAW-liss |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-9 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, some shade |
| Moisture | average, moist, likes constant moist |
| Soil & Site | average, moist, tolerates wet |
| Flowers | red spikes |
| Leaves | stem-clasping (amplexicaul), leaf stipules sheathing the stem, giving the stem a jointed appearance at each leaf node |
| Dimensions | 3-4 by 3-4 feet (HS), give it room to spread |
| Maintenance | this cultivar is not invasive but forms dense clumps, needs lots of muscle to separate |
| Propagation | division of clumps |
| Native Site | species native to Himalayas |
| Misc Facts | "Genus name comes from the Latin persica meaning peach-like and sagittata meaning barbed or arrow-shaped in reference to the shape of the leaves. Specific epithet means stem-clasping in reference to leaf attachment" (#144) (syn Polygonum amplexicaule) |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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