Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Persicaria hydropiperoides
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Mild Waterpepper at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum hydropiperoides
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-016a:
Polygonum hydropiperoides var. hydropiperoides
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
COMMON NAME:
Mild Waterpepper, Swamp Smartweed
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pehy7_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_peop3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pohy2_004_lvd
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Gill Newberry gn09_p_persicaria_hydropi
September
Flowers without dotted glands, in erect spikes with gaps between clusters, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm140909_509b
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Calyx roseate below, pink or cream-white at the lobe apices, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm140909_514
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
With the habit of P. setaceum, but more slender and of lower stature, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm140909_514b
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves usually less than 15mm wide, 3.5 or more times longer than wide, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm140909_515
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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Gill Newberry gn10_p_persicaria_hydrope
October
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Persicaria hydropiperoides
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum hydropiperoides
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-016a:
Polygonum hydropiperoides var. hydropiperoides
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
1973
Terrestrial or sometimes semi-aquatic; Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in swamp forests, streams, ditches, 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:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Usually white
Bisexual, or often functionally unisexual
4-parted calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Inflorescence spikelike, uninterrupted or interrupted proximally
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brown
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to Aquatic Plants of Alabama p30
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p206
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p004
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p083
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p034