Passerina (plant) large enough to cover them. This gives the plants a characteristic plaited or corded appearance. The flowers of some species are borne in terminal spikes, whereas other species bear them in a four-flowered head. Bracts, usually broader than leaves and larger than the flowers, subtend each flower. This is one helpful distinction between specimens of "Passerina" and plants in the genus "Struthiola". The calyx has four sepals, forming a flask-shaped or subcylindrical tube. At the mouth the sepals spread into lobes that are shorter than the tube. There are no petals, but the lobes of the sepals are quite colourfully
Polygonum ramosissimum calyx. The calyx is around long and 5-parted with the outer three sepals longer than the inner sepals. The seeds are produced in fruits called achenes, which are egg-shaped, dark brown and around long. The achenes also have a smooth shiny surface. The late season achenes are larger, from 4 to 15 mm long. There are a number of forms and two subspecies, that vary in flower and foliage coloration. "Polygonum ramosissimum" has great morphological variability, which is notable on the same plant, between flowers and fruits produced early in the blooming season verses those produced late in the season,