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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Persicaria hydropiper   FAMILY Polygonaceae   Go to FSUS key


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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image of Persicaria hydropiper, Marshpepper Smartweed, Waterpepper

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pehy6_001_lvd

        

image of Persicaria hydropiper, Marshpepper Smartweed, Waterpepper

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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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