Persicaria barbata seeds grow into the barbed knotweed — an annual or perennial herb native to the subtropical to wet tropical biome of tropical Asia and Africa, growing in moist, disturbed habitats, paddy margins and stream banks. The epithet barbata means 'bearded', referring to the fringed or bearded ochrea (the papery sheath at each stem node typical of Polygonaceae). Food and medicinal uses recorded. Family Polygonaceae.Full sun to partial shade; moist soils; warm tropical to subtropical conditions; annual/perennial. 'Barbata' = bearded; fringed papery ochrea at nodes; tropical Asia and Africa; moist habitats Food and medicinal uses; paddy margins and stream banks; annual or perennial Tropical Asia and Africa — wet tropical biome; moist disturbed habitats Genus Persicaria ~100 species; Family Polygonaceae Full sun to partial shade; moist soils; warm tropical; Family Polygonaceae Persicaria barbata is the barbed knotweed — a pantropical annual of the moist habitats of tropical Asia and Africa whose bearded papery ochrea sheaths are a classic feature of the knotweed family, alongside the documented traditional food and medicinal uses that make this genus important across Asian and African ethnobotany. IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.
