- Persicaria minor (Hudson) Opiz - Small Water-pepper - Polygonaceae
(Map updated: March 2008)
Most of the populations of this small native annual occur about Lough Neagh, Lough Erne and north Co. Down, on sandy or gravel shores. It lacks the peppery taste of Persicaria hydropiper.
It is also known as the 'least water-pepper', and an alternative scientific name is Polygonum minus.
All names: Persicaria minor (Hudson) Opiz; Polygonum minus Hudson
NBN Atlas mapping: Species account : NBN Atlas UK Species Observations database
iNaturalist: Species account : iNaturalist World Species Observations database