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 densiflora   FAMILY Polygonaceae   Go to FSUS key



(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum glabrum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Persicaria glabra

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)

Persicaria glabra

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Polygonum densiflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)

Persicaria densiflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-007:

Polygonum densiflorum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

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

Persicaria portoricensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Dense-flower Smartweed


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image of Persicaria densiflora, Dense-flower Smartweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pepo8_001_lvd

        

image of Persicaria densiflora, Dense-flower Smartweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_pode2_002_lvd

        

image of Persicaria densiflora, Dense-flower Smartweed

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_p_densiflora1

November    Camden County    NC

Leaf blades glabrous, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, cuneate, long-acute, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).

 

 

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

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum glabrum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Persicaria glabra

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Persicaria glabra

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygonum densiflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Persicaria densiflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-007:
Polygonum densiflorum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ILLEGITIMATE NAME) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Persicaria portoricensis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3152

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: swamp forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have short petioles.

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pale to deep pink
5-parted calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence spikelike

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown/Blackish
Nutlet

 

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