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Common Name:
Sandhill Wild-buckwheat, Southern Wild-buckwheat, Dog-tongue
Flower heads sessile or short-stalked with 10-20 white to pinkish flowers, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Sheep Sorrel, Field Sorrel, Red Sorrel, Sourgrass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Acetosella acetosella
Reddish or greenish flowers in branching leafless racemes, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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Common Name:
Wild Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel, Wild Sorrel
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Acetosa hastatula
Tiny flowers on upper half of stems (plants dioecious), 3-10 per tuft, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
Common Name:
Patience Dock, Monk's-rhubarb
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Common Name:
Curly Dock
Pistillate flowers have 3 feathery stigmas, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Fiddle Dock
Inflorescence branches spreading, making an angle of 60-90 degrees with axis, per Weakley's Flora.
Common Name:
Broadleaf Dock, Bitter Dock
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Emex spinosa
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Common Name:
Jumpseed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Studies of the southeastern United States flora (Horton, 1972)
Antenoron virginianum
Flowers strung out along a slender terminal spike up to 18" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Common Name:
Smartweed, Tearthumb
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Common Name:
Erect Knotweed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Polygonum erectum
Sepals green with a narrow yellowish or whitish margin, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Prostrate Knotweed
LESS THAN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Polygonum aviculare
GREATER THAN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Polygonum aviculare var. aviculare
Flowers green with white or pink margins, growing in leaf axils, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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Common Name:
Water Smartweed, Scarlet Smartweed
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Persicaria muhlenbergii
Its adaptations to differing water conditions make it quite variable, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Dense-flowered Smartweed
LESS THAN
Flora of North America
Persicaria glabra
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Common Name:
Pennsylvania Smartweed, Pinkweed
Rather tight, erect cylindric racemes, 1-2" long and 0.5" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Dockleaf Smartweed, Willow-weed, Pale Smartweed
Tepals 4(5); inflorescences usually arching-drooping, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Longbristle Smartweed, Bristly Lady’s-thumb, Tufted Knotweed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2003)
Polygonum caespitosum var. longisetum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Polygonum longisetum
Deep reddish-pink flowers on erect terminal spikes only 0.2" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Lady's-thumb, Heart's-ease
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Persicaria persicaria
Spikes of flowers upright, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
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Common Name:
Dotted Smartweed
GREATER THAN
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygonum punctatum var. confertiflorum
Flowers white or green, borne in erect, interrupted racemes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Mild Waterpepper
Flowers without dotted glands, in erect spikes with gaps between clusters, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Swamp Smartweed
GREATER THAN
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygonum setaceum +
Racemes densely flowered. Calyx greenish to pinkish or whitish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Arrowleaf Tearthumb, Arrowvine
Flowers white or pink in small rounded heads, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Halberd-leaf Tearthumb
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Tracaulon arifolium
Flowers few and pink, purplish or white, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Tiniaria cilinodis
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Common Name:
Climbing Buckwheat, Nimblewill, Black Bindweed
Flowers in axillary fascicles or racemes. Calyx green to white or pinkish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Common Climbing Buckwheat
LESS THAN
Generic Limits in Polygonum (Ronse Decraene & Akeroyd, 1988)
Fallopia scandens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Bilderdykia scandens
Flowers white or tinged with pink or green, in unbranched racemes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Crested Climbing Buckwheat, Climbing False Buckwheat
LESS THAN
Generic Limits in Polygonum (Ronse Decraene & Akeroyd, 1988)
Fallopia scandens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Polygonum cristatum
Flowers in racemes. Calyx green to white or pinkish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Japanese Knotweed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Generic Limits in Polygonum (Ronse Decraene & Akeroyd, 1988)
Fallopia japonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Pleuropterus zuccarinii
Flowers in axillary, paniculate racemes. Calyx 1.5-2mm long in flower, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Common Name:
Giant Knotweed, Sachaline
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Fallopia sachalinensis
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Common Name:
Sandhill Jointweed, Fringed Thysanella
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Thysanella fimbriata
This differs from all our other species in having the inner sepals fimbriate, per Weakley's Flora.
Common Name:
Lace Vine, Silver-lace-vine, China Fleece-vine
GREATER THAN
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygonum aubertii
GREATER THAN
Generic Limits in Polygonum (Ronse Decraene & Akeroyd, 1988)
Fallopia aubertii
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Common Name:
Asiatic Tearthumb, Mile-a-minute-vine
Small white flowers emerge from the rounded ocreas, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
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Common Name:
Himalayan Knotweed, Kashmir Plume, cultivated knotweed
LESS THAN
Aconogonon polystachyum
LESS THAN
Reynoutria polystachya
Inflorescences mostly terminal, sometimes also axillary, paniclelike, per Flora of North America.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Fagopyrum sagittatum
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Common Name:
Southern Jointweed, Showy Jointweed
A hillside in full bloom is a stunning sight - John Cely
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Common Name:
October-flower
The 5 sepals are each about 1mm long and broad, 3 erect and 2 bent back, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Common Name:
Love-chain, Queen's-jewels, Confederate-vine, Corallita
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Corculum leptopus
Tepals ovate to elliptic, outer three broader than inner two, per Flora of North America.
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