| 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 only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Basal, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Elliptic, Oblanceolate, Spatulate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Pink, Red, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Dense low ground cover; leaves mostly basal (alternate on runners and flowering stems), elliptic-spatulate, (3-)6(-10)cm long x 2-3cm wide, midrib lighter green to creamy on underside, margin finely toothed; racemes 2-7cm long, florets tiny, numerous, pink, Jul-Oct. | |