| Scientific Name: | Persicaria affinis ( syn. Bistorta affinis ) |
| Common Name: | dwarf fleeceflower , Himalayan knotweed |
| Family Name: | Polygonaceae |
| Origin: | South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Ground cover, Group or mass planting |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Basal, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Oblanceolate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Pink, Red, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Dense low ground cover with (3-)6(-10)cm, spatulate; leaves mid-green with a strong, creamy midrib, petioles short; florets in a 5-7cm long pink raceme in summer. | |