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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum hydropiper   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Persicaria hydropiper

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

Persicaria hydropiper

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-012:

Polygonum hydropiper   FAMILY Polygonaceae

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

Persicaria hydropiper

 

COMMON NAME:
Marshpepper Smartweed, Waterpepper


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image of Persicaria hydropiper, Marshpepper Smartweed, Waterpepper

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_205

        

image of Persicaria hydropiper, Marshpepper Smartweed, Waterpepper

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pehy6_001_lvd

        

image of Persicaria hydropiper, Marshpepper Smartweed, Waterpepper

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_pohy_001_lvd

        

image of Persicaria hydropiper, Marshpepper Smartweed, Waterpepper

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_123

        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum hydropiper   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Persicaria hydropiper

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-012:
Polygonum hydropiper   FAMILY Polygonaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4324

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Wet pastures, barnyards, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common in NC, uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA & SC)

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Greenish with narrow pink or white, hyaline margins near apex
5-parted calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence spikelike, interrupted or uninterrupted distally

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall?
Nutlet

 

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