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Read more about Arrowleaf Tearthumb at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Persicaria sagittata
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum sagittatum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-018:
Polygonum sagittatum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
COMMON NAME:
Arrowleaf Tearthumb, Arrowvine
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_posa5_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trsa4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140711_796
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves narrowly arrow-shaped, 1-3" long, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm140711_796b
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Sharp backward-turned prickles on stems & midveins of leaf undersides, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm090815_027b
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
Flowers have 5 [calyx] lobes and usually 8 stamens, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm090815_049
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
Leaves petiolate, sagittate at base, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm140809_396
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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Gill Newberry gn09_p_persicaria_sagitta
September
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JK Marlow jkm060903_081
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Flowers usually 3-12 in capitate clusters, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm130913_300
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow s060903_i
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm0310d_23
October Greenville County SC
Roadside/creekside
Flowers white or pink in small rounded heads, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0310e_31
October Jackson County NC
Roadside/creekside
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JK Marlow jkm161013_923
October Greenville County SC
Cedar Falls Park