Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Persicaria punctata
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Dotted Smartweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum punctatum var. punctatum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Persicaria punctata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Persicaria punctata
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygonum punctatum var. confertiflorum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygonum punctatum var. punctatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Polygonum punctatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-015:
Polygonum punctatum FAMILY Polygonaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Persicaria punctata var. leptostachya
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Persicaria punctata var. punctata
COMMON NAME:
Dotted Smartweed
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pepu18_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_popu5_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm130928_675
September Spartanburg County SC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_persicaria_punctata
September Iredell County NC
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JK Marlow jkm131020_900
October Spartanburg County SC
Ocrea brown, cylindric, chartaceous, base inflated, margins truncate, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
ocreae of Jumpseed and Smartweed species
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JK Marlow jkm131020_907
October Spartanburg County SC
Flowers white or green, borne in erect, interrupted racemes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm131020_915
October Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm131020_921
October Spartanburg County SC
Leaf blade without dark blotch, lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate or subrhombic, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm161013_930
October Greenville County SC
Cedar Falls Park
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JK Marlow jkm161013_931
October Greenville County SC
Cedar Falls Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Persicaria punctata
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum punctatum var. punctatum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Persicaria punctata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Persicaria punctata
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygonum punctatum var. confertiflorum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygonum punctatum var. punctatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Polygonum punctatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-015:
Polygonum punctatum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Persicaria punctata var. leptostachya
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Persicaria punctata var. punctata
2239
Forb
Annual/Rhizomatous perennial
Habitat: swamp forests, bottomlands, marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems, petioles and leaves unarmed
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White/Greenish
5-parted calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence spikelike, interrupted
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p207
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p292
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p034
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