Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Persicaria punctata
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Dotted Smartweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pepu18_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm130928_675
September Spartanburg County SC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_persicaria_punctata
September Iredell County NC
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JK Marlow jkm131020_900
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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JK Marlow jkm131020_907
October Spartanburg County SC
Flowers white or green, borne in erect, interrupted racemes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm131020_915
October Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm131020_921
October Spartanburg County SC
Leaf blade without dark blotch, lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate or subrhombic, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm161013_930
October Greenville County SC
Cedar Falls Park
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JK Marlow jkm161013_931
October Greenville County SC
Cedar Falls Park
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
2239
Forb
Annual/Rhizomatous perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in swamp forests, bottomlands, marshes, 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
White/Greenish
Bisexual
5-parted calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Inflorescence spikelike, interrupted
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!