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Read more about Dotted Smartweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Persicaria punctata
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum punctatum var. punctatum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygonum punctatum var. confertiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-015:
Polygonum punctatum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
COMMON NAME:
Dotted Smartweed
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October Spartanburg County SC
Ocrea brown, cylindric, chartaceous, base inflated, margins truncate, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
ocreae of Jumpseed and Smartweed species
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October Spartanburg County SC
Flowers white or green, borne in erect, interrupted racemes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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October Spartanburg County SC
Leaf blade without dark blotch, lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate or subrhombic, per Flora of North America.