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Read more about Dockleaf Smartweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Persicaria lapathifolia
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum lapathifolium
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-009:
Polygonum lapathifolium
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
COMMON NAME:
Dockleaf Smartweed, Willow-weed, Pale Smartweed
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JK Marlow jkm090815_226
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
Ocreae 1-3cm long, not ciliate, glabrous or minutely strigillose on the nerves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm140829_115
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
P. pensylvanica on the left; P. lapathifolia on the right.
Gill Newberry gn10_p_persicaria_lapathi
October
Ocrea brownish, cylindric, chartaceous, base inflated, margins truncate, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
ocreae of Jumpseed and Smartweed species
JK Marlow jkm141008_084
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Tepals 4(5); inflorescences usually arching-drooping, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm141008_086
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves often with a triangular reddish blotch in middle of the upper surface, per Weakley's Flora.