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Japanese Jumpseed🌿
Persicaria filiformis
ミズヒキ
A perennial found at forest edges and along mountain trails. The small red flowers arranged in a line along slender stalks resemble mizuhiki (decorative cords on Japanese gift envelopes), hence the name. Viewed from above the flowers appear red, and from below they appear white.
Identification Points
- ✓Small red flowers arranged in a single row along a slender spike
- ✓Flowers appear red from above and white from below (bicolored)
- ✓Leaves are large, ovate to broadly ovate, often with dark purple blotches
- ✓Common in semi-shade at forest edges and along mountain paths
Habitat
Forest edges, mountain trails, and semi-shaded grasslands
Season
August–October (flowers)
Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Simple
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf margin
Entire
Leaf shape
Linear
Growth form
Herb
Petal fusion
No petals
Flower color
Red
Flowering season
Autumn
Habitat
Forest
Phylogenetic Positionタデ科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous to Paleogene
Sources & References
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