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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Persicaria hydropiper
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Marshpepper Smartweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum hydropiper
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Persicaria hydropiper
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Persicaria hydropiper
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-012:
Polygonum hydropiper FAMILY Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Persicaria hydropiper
COMMON NAME:
Marshpepper Smartweed, Waterpepper
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pehy6_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_pohy_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Persicaria hydropiper
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum hydropiper
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Persicaria hydropiper
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Persicaria hydropiper
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-012:
Polygonum hydropiper
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Persicaria hydropiper
4324
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Wet pastures, barnyards, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common in NC, uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA & SC)
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems, petioles and leaves unarmed
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Greenish
with narrow pink or white, hyaline margins near apex
Bisexual
5-parted calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Inflorescence spikelike, interrupted or uninterrupted distally
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall?
Nutlet
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