Persicaria mitis(Schrank) Holub

tasteless water-pepper

WFO wfo-0000488374 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Persicaria mitis, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. a Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-08-15 / obs. 150887823
Persicaria mitis, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. b Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99776219
Persicaria mitis, photographed by Patrick Hacker
fig. c Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 106761804
Persicaria mitis, photographed by Wolfgang Jauch
fig. d Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 26744766
Persicaria mitis, photographed by Robert H. Wardell
fig. e Robert H. Wardell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 24454295
Persicaria mitis, photographed by Paul Cook
fig. f Paul Cook, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 5604728
Persicaria mitis, photographed by Peter Gabler
fig. g Peter Gabler, CC0 1.0 / obs. 159893869
Persicaria mitis, photographed by Ljaž
fig. h Ljaž, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148556234

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Native range 31 botanical countries

Regions where Persicaria mitis is native: Afghanistan, Iran, Transcaucasus, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine AfghanistanIranTranscaucasusPakistanWest HimalayaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyNetherlandsNorthwest European RussiaNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSiciliaSpainSwitzerlandUkraine Sardegna
Native distribution of Persicaria mitis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Netherlands NET
Northwest European Russia RUW
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Transcaucasus TCS
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL
West Himalaya WHM

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 4 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Persicaria hydropiper subsp. mite (Schrank) Majeed Kak
  • Persicaria hydropiper subsp. mite (Schrank) Munshi & Javeid
  • Persicaria mitis (Schrank) Assenov
  • Polygonum mite Schrank

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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