Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Persicaria virginiana
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Jumpseed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum virginianum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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
COMMON NAME:
Jumpseed
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
COMPARE
ocreae of Jumpseed and Smartweed species
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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JK Marlow jkm210818_2851
August Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Persicaria virginiana
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum virginianum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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
1518
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in floodplains, moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems, petioles and leaves unarmed
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish-pinkish-white
Bisexual
Irregularly 4-lobed calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Inflorescence spikelike, interrupted
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p130
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p208
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p061
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p084
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p032