| Scientific Name: | Persicaria virginiana 'Painter's Palette' |
| Common Name: | Painter's Palette fleeceflower |
| Family Name: | Polygonaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Perennial border, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Elliptic, Oblong, Ovate, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Spike, Pink, Red, Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems jointed with sheathing stipules; leaves mostly elliptic, blades 8-11cm long x 5-7cm wide, 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. | |