OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Persicaria virginiana   FAMILY Polygonaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum virginianum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)

Persicaria virginiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Studies of the southeastern United States flora (Horton, 1972)

Antenoron virginianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-03-001:

Tovara virginiana   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Tovara virginiana

 

COMMON NAME:
Virginia Jumpseed


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_povi2_007_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_tovi2_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm230320_1703

March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

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Terry Gentry    tmg_p4020057

April    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Leaves usually marked with a purplish/blackish, inverted "V" towards base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm110522_657

May    Greenville County    SC

Firefly Forest

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JK Marlow    jkm110522_697

May    Greenville County    SC

Firefly Forest

Leaves tapering to acuminate apices, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm120506_490

May    Rabun County    GA

Chattahoochee National Forest

The base of the leaf stalk forms a short sheath (ocrea) around the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm120506_497

May    Rabun County    GA

Chattahoochee National Forest

Ocrea 10-20mm, margins truncate, surface strigose to tomentose, per Flora of North America.


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JK Marlow    jkm140614_862

June    Rabun County    GA

Chattahoochee National Forest

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JK Marlow    jkm090711_023

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Juvenile leaves often have a purplish-brown chevron, but mature leaves are entirely green, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

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JK Marlow    jkm0508e_17

August    Oconee County    SC

Flowers strung out along a slender terminal spike up to 18" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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JK Marlow    jkm120815_676

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

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JK Marlow    jkm120815_681

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

4 tepals ~ 0.1" long, with base of each flower or its stalk in a sheath, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm150808_652

August    McDowell County?    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Tension in pedicel articulation is sufficient to throw mature achenes 3-4m, per Flora of North America.

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JK Marlow    jkm210818_2848

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm210818_2851

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Persicaria virginiana   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum virginianum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Persicaria virginiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Studies of the southeastern United States flora (Horton, 1972)
Antenoron virginianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-03-001:
Tovara virginiana   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tovara virginiana

 

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1518

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: floodplains, moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems, petioles and leaves unarmed

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish-white rarely pinkish
Irregularly 4-lobed calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence spikelike, interrupted

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Nutlet

 

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