Scientific Name:	Persicaria virginiana 'Painter's Palette'
Pronunciation:	pur-sih-KAIR-ee-uh vur-jin-ee-AY-nuh
Common Name:	Painter's Palette fleeceflower
Family Name:	Polygonaceae
Plant Type:	Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:	Stems jointed with sheathing stipules; leaves broadly ovate to 30 cm long, marbled and splashed with creamy white, yellow and a touch of pink, with each leaf having a large central reddish-brown chevron; flowers small, pinkish-red, on long, slender stalks mid to late summer.
Course(s):	not used (on campus)

Habit: Upright Form: Vase Texture: Coarse Mature Size: Height: 0.4 - 0.7m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: Garden origin, U.S. - northeast Hardiness Rating: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 C) Exposure: Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Landscape Uses: Attract butterflies, Perennial border, Woodland margin Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Pinnate venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Pubescent Colour in Summer: Green, Green-yellow, Brown, Pink, Red, Persicaria virginiana 'Painter's Palette' has variegated foliage, green leaves have a cream marbling with reddish brown brush strokes across the blade. Colour in Fall: Yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic Apices: Acute Bases: Cuneate Margins: Undulate (wavy)

Inflorescence Type: Spike Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 0 Corolla Shape: Funnelform Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, Red, Pink Flower Time at Peak: Jul, Aug Additional Info: Four, petal-like sepals

Fruit Type: Achene Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct

Bark or Stem Colour: Red     Organ Modifications: Rhizomes

Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Medium maintenance plant
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant

Location(s): (WLG) WoodLand Garden Location Map

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