Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Persicaria densiflora
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Dense-flower Smartweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum densiflorum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Persicaria glabra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-007:
Polygonum densiflorum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
COMMON NAME:
Dense-flower Smartweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pepo8_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_pode2_002_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_p_densiflora1
November Camden County NC
Leaf blades glabrous, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, cuneate, long-acute, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Persicaria densiflora
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum densiflorum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Persicaria glabra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-007:
Polygonum densiflorum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
3152
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont
Look for it in swamp 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
Leaves have short petioles.
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pale to deep pink
Bisexual
5-parted calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Inflorescence spikelike
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown/Blackish
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!